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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: "abdul salami u." <abdul_salami008@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:48:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DETAILS INFORMATION FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING


My Dear VICTIMNAME,

I am in receipt of your mail, thank you for your reply to my plight. Regarding to your mail, Here are more detail and clarity to your understanding.
Please bear in mind that I want this money to be transfer into your country account on or before the first week of next month.
But for the time factor, I want you to immediately indicat your interest in this transaction to enable us meet up with tiget of 14 banking days of this month.
I have the cooperation and mandate of the Financial Director and the Secretary of the Organization. We arranged and over invoiced the contract funds supplied by different companies from different countries.

It was our consensus to seek an assistance of a willing foreigner to provide us with the facilities to transfer this money out of Burkina Faso. This is born out of our belief in the non-stable and spurious political nature of this sub-region. The original contractors have been duly paid by the (Bank of Africa, Ouaga-Burkina-Faso in West Africa). This balance is suspended in the escrow accounts awaiting claims by any foreign company of our choice.

We intend to pay out this fund NOW as the organization is winding up its activities and the cost has been achieved. Based on the laws and ethics of employment. We as civil servants working under this organization, are not allowed to operate a foreign account.
This is the more reason why we needed your assistance to provide an account that can sustain this fund for safe keeping and our future investment with your comprehensive advise, assistance and partnership in your country. It is however agreed, as the account owner in this deal to allow you 30% of the entire sum as compensation, 60% will be held on trust for Me, while 10% will be used to defray any incidental charges and cost during the course of the transaction.

This is what i want from you now for the speedily of this transfer is for you to fill the Application letter as it was instructed to you with the same banking information you sent to me and forward it to the bank through the bank e-mail address which is in the application letter to enable the bank commence action on the release and transfer of the said amount in to your account.
I will like you to know that the same bank will refer you to my office and they will contact me for clarity before they could effect the transfer fund into your account, so you have nothing to fear about that, for all the relevant information to enable you put claim on this fund is under my desk.I am here to back you up until we realize our gold,Also you should understand that the application must to be filled accordingly and send to the bank, then any message you receive from the bank, make sure you forward it to me first for more advice to avoid mistake of omission.
N/B In case some thing is confusing please don't hesitate to ask me.
Best regards
ABDUL SALAMI USTAHD (ASU).
MORE ABOUT ME.
...............
(1).ABDUL SALAMI USTAHD (ASU).
DATE OF BIRTH: 16/09/57.
PLACE OF BIRTH: BUKINA FASO.
PROFES: MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN UNION.
PROFES : I’D NUNBER 65650097
DATE OF ISSUE: 11/02/1998.
ISSUING BODY: THE GOVERNMENT.
EXPIRY DATE: 10/02/2008.

( 2) CONTRACT YEAR 2000, Contract Code file N° G P/ 1003/UN/BOA/BF.
( 3) MY TELEPHONE NUMBER. +226-78 80 23 55.
( 4 ) EUROPEAN UNION ADDRESS IN BURKINA FASO.

EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT( EUCCAC) West Africa, Address Avenue JOMO KENYANTA FACE MAISON T.V5 OUAGADOUGOU. BURKINA FASO. TEL/FAX 00226-52-71-76-23/ 52-72-73-86.
In my next mail as soon as you are okay with this information I will immediately send you the draft of the application in which you have to fill and send to the bank for the payment of the fund into your account.

Please let me know every thing about you and your family as to enable me know your person.

May the good blessing of the Almighty God ever remain with us all during and after this transaction.
Remain bless while waiting for your reply or your call.

ABDUL SALAMI USTAHD (ASU)






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