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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: "elexandre traore" <elexandre_16@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:12:34 +0000
Subject: Dr Elexandre Traore.(message in English et Francais)

I Am Dr. Elexandre Traore,
the Manager in charge of auditing and accounting unit foreign remittance
department of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) Ouaga-Burkina Faso in West
Africa, with due respect and regards, 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. During my
investigation and auditing in the bank, I department came across a very huge
sum of money belonging to a deceased person, a foreigner who died in a plane
crash incident, you can also confirm this in the website as follow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
The fund has been dormant in his account with the bank without any claim of
the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our
discovery to this development. Although personally, I kept this information
secret within myself to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and
successful during the time of execution, The amount involved is USD$15.000,
000. (Fifteen million us dollars.)Meanwhile the whole arrangement and
directives needed to put claim over this fund as the confide next of kin to
the deceased, will be forward to you upon your acceptance information will
be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to
assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In
fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my
position in this country as a civil servant, 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 to the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the
money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be, after due
verification and clarification to designated 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 30% of the total sum as
gratification, while 70% will be for me Please, you have been advised to
keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to retire from service
after we conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole
situation here in the bank until you confirm the money in your account and
ask us 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 other country you may advice us to invest in. All
other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I
suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish in this
deal.

Best Regard

Dr Elexandre Traore

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Je suis le directeur du bureau de changes à la BAD-burkina. Je m'appelle Dr
Elexandre Traore.
Dans mon département,il a été découvert une importante somme d'argent qui
appartenait à un de nos clients qui mourut lors d'un accident d'avion en
juillet 2000 avec sa famille entière ne laissant personne pour réclamer
cette fortune qui s'élève à $15 M USD(américains).Vous pouvez avoir plus
d'informations de cet accident sur ce site
Web:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Depuis lors, personne ne s'est présenté pour réclamer cette somme qui se
trouve dans notre banque. Or, les règlements bancaires en Afrique stipulent
que, si une telle somme reste sans revendication après une période de
5ans,ceci doit être virée dans dans le compte de trésor bancaire. C'est afin
d'éviter que ce fond profite au gouvernement burkinabé que mon collègue et
moi avons décidé de chercher un partenaire étranger qui peu nous aider à
faire transférer cette somme dans son compte bancaire. Ceci dit, vous devrez
vous présenter au niveau de la banque comme héritier du défunt afin de
devenir bénéficiaire de ce fond. Le choix d'un étranger pour jouer
ce rôle révèle du fait qu'un burkinabé ne peut pas se présenter comme
héritier(e) de notre défunt client Nous acceptons que vous aurez les 30% du
partage,mon collègue et moi aurons les 60% alors que 10% seront consacrés
aux dépenses survenues lors du transfert. Une fois ce fond transféré, mon
collègue et moi viendrons sur place chez vous en vue du partage,
conformément aux pourcentages sus indiqués. Ainsi vous devez me donner
toutes vos coordonnées, ce qui me permettra de mieux vous connaître et de
vous envoyer le texte d'application(demande de transfert).Je vous rassure
que ce business est à 100%sans risque et que vous ne devrez mettre en vous
aucun atome de crainte. Veuillez croire cher monsieur, l'expression de mes
considérations.


distinguée.

Merci .

Dr Elexandre Traore

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