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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "DIALLO T.ALIDU" <diallo.toma@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dia_tom_alidu@voila.fr
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:08:21 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM MR DIALLO T.ALIDU.


Dear Friend,
 
I am Mr.Diallo T.Alidu, Home Address: 15 kolughu
naaba avenue, Age: 45years old. Marital status: married with 3 children.
Occupation: banker. Working at the auditing and accounting department, BANK OF
AFRICA (B .O. A) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa, with due respects and
regard I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
 
I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I
am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
 
 I came
to know you in my Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable Person to handle
this Confidential Transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of Money
to a Foreign Account requiring Maximum Confidence.
 
During an annual
auditing of Account's in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of
money belonging to a deceased person who died in a tragic plane crash on the
Lenana Peak, Mount Kenya, Saturday, the 19th day of July, 2003 together with his
wife Jean, three of their children and their spouses, and four grandchildren,
since then his fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any
claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before
discovery to this development.
 
The said amount was U.S $8.2M (Eight
million, two hundred thousand United States dollars).In fact I could have done
this transaction alone but because of my position in the country as a civil
servant (A Banker), we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would
eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I
work in this bank.
 
This is the actual reason why it will require a
second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with
affidavits of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where
you will need the money to be transferred into on your request as it may be
after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank
where the whole money will be remitted from, to your own designation bank
account.
 
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100%
risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 45%
of the total sum as gratification, while 50% will be for me, also the remaining
5% will be for any expenses such like telephone bills which most involved in
this transaction and it will all be deducted out from the total money when it is
been transferred to your account over there and also you have to understand that
you and i will put hands together to make any expenses that come up in this
transaction and any expenses that you and I make will be deducted from the 5%
immediately the bank transfer the fund into your account.
 
 Please, you
have been advice to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend to
retire from service after I have concluded this transaction with you.
 

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm
the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent
sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment, either in your country or any country you advice me to invest in.
All other necessary, vital information will be sent to you when I hear from you.

 
I look forward to receive your reply urgently. Show your readiness to
assist me in this transaction by replying this proposal as early as possible and
I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust
by giving me the following information's about yourself:
 
1) Your
age:...............................
2) Your
occupation:.......................
3) Are you
married?:...............................
4) Your mobile phone
number.:...............................
5) Your location and full address.

6) Scan and send a copy of your identity card to me.
:...............................
7) Your Fax Number:
:...............................
8) Sex:.:...............................

 
I will tell you how you can apply to the bank as soon as i receive
your response towards this mail. Extend my greetings to your family and we
should please try and have trust on each other in this transaction so that we
shall achieve our aim together.
 
Do not take this very transaction as a
joke,I need your full co-operation to make this work fine.because the management
is ready to approve this payment  to any foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you.now I have been convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with this transaction of B.O.A Bank Of
Africa.
 
I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down in
this transaction, so you reply and ask me how you can apply for the text of
application form of claim of the deceased fund from the bank. It is the foreign
remittance departments that are responsible for transference of fund into your
account over there.
 
KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH MY PRIVATE ADDRESS: 
dia_tom_alidu@voila.fr



 

Thanks yours,
Mr. Diallo T.Alidu.



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