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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!

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From: "yasufu mohamed" <yasufumohamed_872@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:53:02 +0000
Subject: CALL ME FOR MORE EXPLANATION 00226-70-357-881....




Dear Amarjit Singh,

Thank you very much for your reasoning, concern and response.I believe you
are the right person to transact with,considering the little i have seen
from you. I proposed to you,not only for our mutual benefit but also for a
long and everlasting relationship to exist between you and i,and between our
children and related ones,through this venture.Well, iam a man of my early
50's,married to Mrs.fathima MOHAMEDof the "National Aviation
Authorities"Kwame,here in my country,with (2)children,Seydou MOHAMED and
Mustapha MOHAMED who are both in the University in their Finals. I believe
that one day,at the conclusion of transaction,we will come to see each
other,when i will come over to your country for further investment and
otherwise.It should be noted that for the success of this
transaction,absolute secrecy should be maintained expecially from your
side,because i do not want anybody to implicate me in the course of
realising my objective,as iam still serving now and intend to resign
immediately at the end of this transaction,okay?It should be noted also that
any information relating to this transaction,must not be relayed to anybody
at all,not even the Banking officials,for security reasons,okay?.Iam giving
you all this instructions because i work in the Bank too.I do not want any
form of interrogation from yourside,which may disrupt the transfer of this
Fund,okay?.


Moreover,i wish to disengage from the services of this Bank
honourably,immediately the transfer is concluded.Already my resignation
letter is with me.I will tender this,to the Board management,immediately you
confirm the money in your Account.Well,my dear,there is not too much to be
relayed on this business transaction as it requires dedication and incumbent
support from both of us involved,for i have studied this transaction for
more than one year and eight months now,and have known all that it
requires.It requires secrecy and confidence,eventually in the progress of
this transaction,when the Bank will be contacting you for minor questionings
which i am going to be furnishing you with the answers on the course of
this.In fact,you are going to abide strictly to my instructions so that we
will not make any mistakes.

This is absolutely what it requires and nothing more.Moreover,as a top
official in this Bank,and as a member,"Board of Directors",we have no
problem at all,as i will be monitoring the whole situation here in the
Bank,while you will be monitoring the whole situation there in your
country,until you confirm the money in your Account.Immediately this is
done,i will then resign my appointment here with the Bank while you will now
send me an invitation letter warranting me to come over to your country,for
further sharing of the Fund and investment which you will help me secure
under your kind advise.In fact,i would have done this deal alone,but for the
fact that i am a civil servant and as civil servants here in my country,we
are not allowed to operate any form of foreign account,but domicilliary or
house account.


So this is the more reason why i contacted you,for you to stand in,as the
true next-of-kin to the deceased customer,who will have to push the Bank to
be able to effect,immediately,the transfer of your late cousin's Fund,and
that delay in application was due to family logistic problem.I strongly
assure you of a risk-free and hinge-free transaction,provided my
instructions are strictly adhered to,by you.Also i would not fail to let you
know that,we are going to work together in actualising this objective,as you
have to be aware that there are going to be some miscellaneous expenses such
as transfer charges and telephone bills etc,which is normal in International
Transfers of such,and which both of usare going to share equally,i.e we are
going to share all expenses equally,and at the end of transaction,all
expenses are going to be deducted from the 10% expense amount being mapped
out from the total Fund,according to expense amounts incurred by both
parties involved.Please note that this transaction will last only
but(14)Banking working days from transactional experience.At the end of the
transaction,all computer and file-related informationon this transfer,would
be deleted.

This is part of the security measures being taken,to avoid any trace of the
Fund in the future.I assure you of a maximum success.We will work together
to legalize this deal and once it is legalized,the bank will approve it and
then the money will be legally transfered to your accountand the bank here
will give you a clearance on inheritance that will take care of authorities
in your end questionning the root of the funds.Please note that what we are
about to do needs trust and without trust there is no need to forge
ahead,you are a human being and has the right to decide for yourself what is
good for you and what is not.I believe you have a policy and i want you to
maintain it just like me,if you are not interested, please do not force
yourself but do what you think is right for you and do not be forced to do
what you never wished to do.Proposal is not a crime but love and interest
with benefit,also people can be friends without knowing each other through
business transaction and that will only be when they are sincere to each
other and work towards future benefit and friendship.Please indicate your
stand in this transaction so that i will know the next step to follow.

However i am really impressed about your positive response to my proposal.
Well,the transaction is risk-free and on your side you will be maintaining
absolute information and absolute secrecy through out the duration of the
transaction,and normally you will be responding like a true next-of-kin who
wish to speed up the release and transfer of his late cousin's money.The
Bank will portray you,the bonafide next-of-kin to the deceased customer and
relay to you all relevant information required to put claim over the money
as the procedure requires.The deceased customer died in a plane crash with
his entire family in July 2000 and since then the fund has been lying in the
account without anybody coming to claim the money.Based on that,I decided to
make good use of the opportunity by contacting a foreign account owner who
will be fronted as the next of kin to the late German businessman,and have
the approval signed and the money will be released and transferred into the
given account.For your information,all contact to the bank will be through
e-mail and all the documents together with computer information relating to
this transfer will be deleted,this is part of a security measure taken to
avoid any trace of the fund in future after the transfer.If you agree,for
nominating an account to be used for this purpose and any other assistance
which you might be required to give in that regard,i will offer you the 30%
of the sum and 60% will be for me and my colleagues while 10% will be used
to defray all expenses incured in the process of the transfer.For further
information, you can kindly contact me on my private telephone
number(00226-70-357-881). recently acquired for this transaction and you can
call me at anytime you feel like,so feel free to call me.I am expecting your
immediate response concerning the above given information.

For your information this is not something that you have to think
about,because it is an opportunity to the both of us and also i will advice
you not to put any atom of fear in this transaction as you have no risk at
all,even now and in furture as far as you follow my instrcutions,so i want
you to be convince that this is legal,so i will like you to send to me a
copy of your international passport or picture and i will send to you my
staff identity card to prove to you that i work in the bank as i believe
that will convince you enough or you can ask for anything that will convince
you, that what i am telling you is real as far as it is providable.

So my dear i will like you to know that this is legal and it is an
opportunity to me after my 12years hard labour with this bank and also i did
not need you bank account details or your bank account informations,what i
need from you are right inside this mail which you can find and give me the
answers,my dear please if even you are not intrested in the money
involve,you can help me by standing as the next of kin after which the bank
will now transfer the fund into your account and also i can not contact
another person of this transaction since you have known about it,because it
is secret and confidential which i have not even tell this to my wife and i
will also like you to keep it within you alone.

So all you have to do now is to apply to the bank first, so that the bank
can now recognise you as the next of kin to the decaese customer and also i
will like you to call me so that we can disscuss over this matter.Please you
have to take this serious as it is going to be benefit to the both of us and
our family and also i will not fail to tell you that this is an opportunity
to me since my 12years with this bank,so i will like you to help me by
receiveing this fund in your account and also by standing as the next of kin
who wish to receive his late cousin's fund with the bank and also you have
to be pushing the bank to transfer your late cousin's fund,so all we need to
the success of this transaction is trust from the both of us.So my dear i
did not need you bank account informations,below are what i need from you so
that i can send to you the text of application which you have to fill and
send it to the bank for the release of your late cousin's fund.

NB:When i hear from you,i will forward to you,the "text of application"
which you will fill and then send to the bank,through the Bank's E-mail
address or through Bank's Fax number,okay?.so when next you are relating to
me bellow are what specificaly i need to know from you to enable me
re-ensure thatb you are capable to handle the transaction as once you have
applied as the next of kin, no one has the veto right to re-apply agine. If
you are intrested in this transaction,when writing back to me i will like
you to provide to me the answers of this questions.

1.your age

2.your marital status

3.your occupation

4.if you are ready to keep the transaction as top secret as i do not want it
to jeopadise or have my reputable immage dented

5.your financial capability in handling this transcation as money will be
involve

6.your credibility and reliability as to avoid betrayal from you or seating
on my share when the funds finaly hits your bank account

7.that all my instructions as an insider and as the initiator of the
transaction would be taking for the betterment of a hitch transfer and also
include your private telephone and fax number and endevoure to call me with
the above indicated private telephone line as indicated above.your immediate
response shall be most appreciated as the urgency of the transfer implies
for we don't have enough time again to excute this transaction and also
don't fail to call me for more explanation.

I await your urgent call.

your humble partner.
YASUFU MOHAMED


N/B.MY DEAR THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS SINCE MY
12YEARS WITH THIS BANK,SO MY DEAR PLEASE IF YOU ARE REALLY READY AND
INTRESTED IN HELPING ME,I WILL ADVICE YOU TO JUST SEND TO ME THE ANSWERS OF
THOSE QUESTIONS ABOVE,ON RECEIPT OF THE ANSWERS,I WILL SEND TO YOU THE TEXT
OF APPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL AND SEND IT TO MY BANK FOR THE RELAESE
OF YOUR LATE COUSINS FUND WITH THE BANK, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS THE WILL OF
THE ALMIGHTY GOD FOR BOTH OF US TO SHARE THIS FUND AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
NOW IS TO APPLY TO THE BANK WITH A TEXT OF APPLICATION THAT I WILL SEND TO
YOU,SO THAT THE BANK WILL RECOGNISE YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN.AND ALSO MAKE
SURE YOU CALL ME FOR BETTER EXPLANATION ABOUT THIS DEAL ON MY PRIVATE
TELEPHONE NUMBER (00226-70-357-881).SO MY PARTNER I WILL LIKE YOU TO KNOW
THAT THIS VERY DEAL IS LEGAL AND THAT IS WHY I SENT YOU THE WEBSITE OF THE
PLANE CRASH SO I WILL NOT LIKE YOU TO REVEAL OR FORWARD ANY OF MY EMAILS TO
ANYBODY AS YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS DEAL AS A TOP SECRET BECAUSE I DONT WANT
THE BANK TO KNOW MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS DEAL AND ALSO I DONT WANT ANY THIRD
PARTY IN IT, AS MY WIFE OR MY CHILDREN DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS DEAL SO I AM
SENDING THE WEBSITE OF MY BANK TO YOU JUST TO PROVE TO YOU THAT THIS DEAL IS
LEGAL AND 100% RISK FREE AS FAR AS YOU FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS SO THIS IS MY
BANK WEBSITE(www.bkofafrica.net) GO THROUGH IT AND SEE THINGS YOURSELF AFTER
THAT CALL ME FOR MORE EXPLANATION.


I WILL LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I CONTACTED YOU FOR YOU TO HELP ME,EVEN IF WE
OCCUR ANY EXPENCES IN THIS TRANSACTION I WILL NOT LIVE IT ALL FOR YOU BUT IT
WILL BE FOR US BECAUSE I CONTACTED YOU AS MY PARTNER AND ENY EXPENCES YOU DO
IN THIS TRANSACTION EVEN YOUR PHONE BILLS WILL BE TAKE CARE OF FROM THE 10%
BEEN MAPED OUT FOR THE EXPENCES.


PLEASE MY FRIEND JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REGREAT IN THIS
TRANSACTION BUT YOUI HAVE TO PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL NOT GOING TO BETRAY ME
AFTER THE MONEY MIGHT HAVE ENTERD INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

THANKS AND MAY ALMGHTY ALLAH BE WITH YOU.

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