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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: joe see <joesee50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wwwwxxty_klll@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:10:10 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT LETTER TO YOU READ AND REPLY ME THANK YOU.

ASSALAMAUA LIKUM

FORM THE DESK OF SIR ZAGO.IBRAHIM ABU
IMPORTANT LETTER TO YOU READ AND REPLY ME THANK YOU.
I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THIS IS YOUR CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS OR NOT



Dear Friend,
With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I make
this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance
to me. My name is SIR ZAGO.IBRAHIM ABU , from Ouagadougou Republic of
BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i work in the Bank as telex
manager. I have been searching for your contact since you left our
country some years ago .I do not know whether this is your correct
email address or not because I only used your name initials to search
for your contact in the internet .In case you are not the person I am
supposed to contact , please see this as a confidential message and do
not reveal it to another person but if you are not the intended
receiver, do let me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my
proposal below because it is top secret.

I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but
I am sceptical to reveal this particular secret to a stranger . You
must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because
we are not going to suffer again in life.

It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians
used our bank to Launder money overseas through the help of their
Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of
the shores of Africa was gold and oil money that was supposed to have
been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers always
inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also
used the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that
there is no official trace of how much was transferred as all the
accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer.

I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I
discovered that they were using me to succeed in their greedy act, I
also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank files and no
one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to
control. They laundered over $5b(five billion) united states Dollars
during the process .As I am sending this message to you, I was able to
divert more than Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars ($150m) to an
escrow account belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious
now to know who is the beneficiary to the funds because they have made
a lot of profits with the funds.

It is more than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no
longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The Hundred and
Fifty Million Dollars ($150m) has been lying waste but I don't want to
retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign
account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money
will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you .

There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because I secured
everything.I only want you to assist me by providing a bank account
where the funds can be transferred. You are not to face any
difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle the
transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let
me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on
what to do.
For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other
people that took the whole money did not face any problems. This is my
chance also to grab my own but you must keep the details of the funds
secret to avoid leakages as no one in the bank knows about the funds.
Please supply me the following:
Your current contact address and Telephone Numbers..
I shall intimate you on what to do when I get your confirmation and
acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted associate, do
declare your consent to me.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,SIR ZAGO.IBRAHIM ABU ,

I expect your urgent communication. Upon your response and strong
assurance that you will not let me down when this fund gets into your
account, as soon as you declare your interest I will let you know what
to do and the transfer procedures without delay. for more details
(FILL THE FORM BELLOW AND SEND IT BACK TO ME).
1) Your Full Name:-.................... .............
2) Your Age:-..................... .......................
3) Marital Status:-............... .......................
4) Your Cell Phone Number:-..................
5) Your Fax Number:-................... ...........
6) Your Country:-.................
7) Your Occupation:-.............. ...................
8)Sex:-....................... ..............................
9)Your Religion:-.................... .................
10) Your Private E-mail Address:...............
Thanks for your maximum co-operation,
Yours Sincerely,
SIR ZAGO IBRAHIM ABU
FROM BANK OF AFRICA BURKINA FASO

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