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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: "drekoly bako" <drekoly_bako26@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: ekoly_bako1970@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:08:43 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED WITH FUND?

FROM THE DESK OF DR.EKOLY BAKO,
THE MANAGER OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPT,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO.

DEAR PARTNER,

I MAKE THIS APPEAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY FACTS OR OPINION
EXPRESSED BY ME ARE GIVING IN CONAFIDENCE AND SOLELY FOR YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND USE.I AM DR.EKOLY BAKO, THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT
THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF MY BANK.

I am contacting you based on a transfer of a huge sum of funds from a
deceased account.Though,I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that all
arrangements will be legally done,i am contacting you due to its urgency

How are you doing with your family?I presume that all is well with you. I am
the manager of audit and accounting department at the foreign unit of our
bank. I got your contact from the international directory when i was looking
for a foreigner who will assist me to achieve a great success business that
will yeild us life success.

Before i wrote you,i prayed that you will be a honest and reliableperson
whom i can work with to achieve this deal of our life.From my section in the
bank, I discovered an abandoned sum of (EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ($8.5m) that belongs to one of our customer who died
along with his entire famillies,on 25TH JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE
CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers aboard.The name of the
deceased man was (MR.THOMPSON MORRIS from American).

N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through this(website)before
you start with me. Below is the website.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i
wasarranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank
management for the annual audit of the year.Since the bank got information
about the death of the deceased man,the bank have been expecting his next
of kin to apply and claim his money because the bank cannot release the fund
unless a person from any foreign countries apply for the transfer of the
fund as the next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines but unfortunately i learnt through investigations that
all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him at the plane
crashleaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon thisdiscovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you so that you will apply to the bank to release the money to
you as the next of kin or relation for safety and subsequent sharing since
nobody is coming for it.

For us to achieve this businesss immediately,the percentage ratio forsharing
the fund when the bank release the fund to you must be arranged.So i accept
that thirty percent of the fund(30%) will be for you as a foreigner for the
provision of any bank account where the bank will the money into including
other of your participation during the process of the transfer,Sixty
percent(60%) will be for me as the person who explores the business,Five
percent of the fund (5%) will be for the expenses which may come forth
during the transfer of the fund, while 5% will be shared to the helpless
peoples around us in the world such as motherless
babies,charityhomes,disable peoples and so on.

Thereafter I will visit your country for sharing the money according to the
percentages indicated above.So for the immediate transfer of this fund into
your bank account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the only
existening next of kin to the deceased customer by indicating in the
application the bank account information where you will request the bank to
transfer the fund into.So if you accept to help me in other to achieve this
great business,i will send to you through email or by fax,an
Application form of claim which you will fill and send to the bank for the
transaction to start immediately.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail through
the above email. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SHOULD YOU
CONSIDER MY URGENT REQUEST

My Regards To You and Your Family.
Yours Faithfully,
DR.EKOLY BAKO,

FOR MORE DETAILS/CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, CONTACT ME VIA THIS ADDRESS :
ekoly_bako1970@yahoo.ca
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH

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