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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: jubril kadiago <jkadiago@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:54:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DETAILS/APPLICATION TO BANK FIRST.


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Thanks for your kind and urgent response to me, In the course of not I want you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust and your ability to asist me to see that this fund is transfered to your designated account within a very short time. I require the following informations from you for security and TRUST sake.
1.Your occupation.
2.Your age.
3.Your resident/business address in your country of Origin for trust s.ake.
I want you to go ahead and open the account for the transfer in your name.
I encourage you not to relent your effort in this transfer because this is not something that took me unaware, rather it is what I have studied properly as well an experienced/professional banker, I will direct you in every proceedures till the fund is transfered to your account. I want to make it very clear to you that you are dealing with a responsible man who has the fear of our Almighty GOD ,therefore you should not see my involvement in this transaction as an evil act rather it is a perfect act of God.
I found my self in a society that has no value for any individual that is the Government of my country after rendering them your sincere service for many years on your retirement there will be no adequate compensation, rather they will frustrate you to an extent that you will almost be a nuisance in the same society which you previously served sincerely.
Please my dear, I do not want to take you so far but I want you to know that a strong force compelled me to take this decision to execute this deal because I have seen that the situation of things in my society is not conducive enough for me to stay further and watch my good talent
wasted.
These are the reasons when I discovered this opportunity during my auditing I saw it as agift/ compensation from our merciful God and I quickly went into fasting and prayer for many weeks seeking for the support of Almighty GOD and a sincere fellow who will assist me honestly to realise this goal.
So all I need from you now for the actulisation of this transfer is for you to fill the text of application below and submit it immediately to the bank email address or fax line to enable them start the process of approving the fund in the shortest time for onward transfer of the fund to your designated bank account you shall provide to them and I promise that all this process will take us a short time depending when you submitted the application For approval by the Directors.
May the ALMIGHTY GOD continue to guide and protect us in all our doings, I demand that, truth, honesty, sincererity and confidentiality should be our CODE WORD in this transaction as you can see that I confined much in you as my confident/the reciepiant of this fund till I arrive in your country.
I have agreed to give you 20% of the fund once the transfer is completed and 10% will be used for charity organisation while on arrival in your country, We will both invest on real estate and housing business or any other lucrative transaction.
I will not want you to seat on the fund when it is finally remitted into your account. I am Looking forward for your urgent response and God bless you.
Below I am sending you the text of application which you will send to the bank immediately for the claim and keep me informed so that I can follow it up.

Yours sincerely

Mr J.Kadiago.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Mr Traore Usman.
The Director,
Foreign Remittance Dept.
Africa Development Bank,
Ouagadougou,Burkina-Faso.
E-mail :adbbankoauga_bf@sify.com
TEL: +22676029112

Sir,
APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF MY LATE UNCLE'S FUND MR ABDUL RASAQ .
I MR ......................................of theaddress stated below hereby apply for the payment
of my late uncle's fund of $20.8 million dollars in your Bank. My late uncle died with his family in a
plane crash while travelling for holidays with his family in Sept 2001.The family members have now asked me to apply for the payment of his left fund of $20.8 million dollars in your bank as his next of kin. His account number in your bank is 00142566BOA56231. With this,I request that the balance in his account mentioned above should be transferred to my account as stated below.

NAME:..................................................

BANKNAME:...............................................

ACCOUNTNO:..............................................

PHONE........................................

CITY:..................................................

COUNTRY:...............................................

DATE OFBIRTH:.........................................

POFFESSION:...........................................

NATIONALITY:...........................................

I strongly believe that my application will meet your urgent and favourable consideration.
Yours faithfully
........................................



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