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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 zongo" <salizon14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: salifzongo10@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:55:19 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

>From The Desk Of Of SALIF ZONGO.
The Head Of File Department,
African Development Bank A.D.B
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso Annex.
West Africa.
My private line is: 00226-7650 9277.

PLANE CRASH WEB SITE...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


EMITTANCE OF $5 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE
CASE")
Compliment Of The Season,

On a very good day. I am (SALIF ZONGO. ),The Head of file Department in
African development bank (ADB).I got your contact from tourist search.
When i was searching for a foreign partner i assured of your capability and
reliability to champion this businees opportunitywhen i prayed to Allah
about you.In my department we discovered and abandoned Five million U.S.A
dollars (us$5m) . In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer
who died along with his entire family on (Monday 31st July 2000) in a plane
crash.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relationto the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and one official in my
department now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release
the money to you as the next of kin or relation to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
comingfor it and we don’t want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclamed after seven years, the money will be transfered into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30 % of
this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision
of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the
business and 60 % would be f or me and my woman colleague. There after i
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of
the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication
and location where the money will be remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I
will send to you by fax or email the text of the application I will not fail
to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you
should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been
made for thetransfer.

You should contact me on my number 00226-7650 9277, immediately as soon as
you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Your’s faithfully,
SALIF ZONGO.

POST SCRITUM:You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer to
move very smoothly in to the account you will prove to the bank. As you
finish reading this letter call me immediately so that we discuss very well
over this business.

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