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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: Salif Keita <salif_dr@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:34:04 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Further details


Date: 23:06:2006

Hello Singh,
How are you today?

Thanks for your response to my mail.And i wish to re assure you of my sincerity in seeking your partnership.
Please carefully peruse this email, so you can understand better what
assistance am seeking and the dynamics for a successful conclusion.
I have been in charge of this particular account for over 8years, the owner of this account was a top civil servant in Taiwan before his death, I strongly believe that it was due his position in his country that made him make the dealings of this account secret.

Actually the deceased customer was Mr Sheu Y. Dong a top Taiwanese banker and i strongly believe that he diverted this funds for his personal use, it is also interesting to know that since the past 7years nobody has come up to ask of this account and this is what made me to plan for this deal, because at for at the end of this banking year my bank will divert it to it use.

I know very well that you might be weary of the fact that you are not in any way related to the deceased man but according to the laws of in inheritance in Burkina Faso one must not be a relative to the deceased in order to able to apply for inheritance as long as the person has all the necessary documents to prove his next of kinship, having taking note of this laws i have decided to present you to my bank as a business associate to Mr. Sheu this will certainly rule all your fears for we will provide you with the relevant documents.

I will forward to you a text of application as soon as you assure me of the following;

1) That you can handle this fund.

2) That you will not seat on the money when it is transferred into your account.

3) That you accept that we are going to work on this project like brothers, hence total trust and loyalty to this project must guaranteed.

4) My position in the bank must always be protected, therefore you must assure me of maintaining the confidentiality of this transaction. You must not let anybody to know that you have an insider in the bank who gives you all the information you may need.

I will want you to call me on my private line +226 76037491, so that we can discuss further.

I remain yours,
Dr.Salif Keita
Accounts & Audit Department,
Bank of Africa
Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso
Tel Nos:+226 76 037491


For further reference you can visit this link.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/


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