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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: zongo fada <zon_go_fada@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:25:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE DETAILS AND CALL ME 00226 78878542


Dear Friend,

I am very happy to read from you today, I assure you 100% free risk in this transaction and you have nothing to loose , all i need is your assistance and financial support so that we can claim over this fund into your account without any delay , and i will be coming over to your country as this fund is transfer into your bank account for further investment. This said amount is still in the bank account of our late costumer.

I have done my possible best to arrange this transaction and to make sure is a free risk and you have nothing to loose, is to make sure you follow my instrcution given to you , so that everything will goes very fine for both of us.

Below is the details and explaination and i want you to call me as you go through it and let me know if you are capable to help me out in this transaction without any further delay , because i want to make sure that this fund is transfer to your account before 7 working days.
I assure you i will not betray you and make sure you do not betray my own trust to you , because this is my last hope and the only achivement i have made so far since 18years service to this bank and i do not want to loose this golden opportunity.and i will be with you in your country as this fund hits your bank account for further investment.

Read below and call me back immediately or reply I appreciated your concern and interest towards this progressive transaction,As I told you in my first proposal concerning this deal, I must re assure you that every arrangement has been perfected down here only your full co-operation will make it a success in no distance time.

Note.i studied this transaction very well before contacting you for assistance and that was the reason i told you to send your bank account and to stand as the real next of kin

Well having served this bank for so many years now and nearing my retirement,i deem it neccessary to utilise this opportunity of the present unclaimed sum of money in the account sent inconjuction with the first proposal i sent to you ,to help you and my self and my family after my retirement.

There is no doubt about your eligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceased customer and owner of the account number 0036101101 with the following reasons:

(a)Before the death of our deceased customer,his true next of kin was not indicated to the board of directors of the bank because of the top secrecy and confidenciality of the transactions which our late customer transacted with the verious governments in West Africa.

(b)Owning to his failure to indicate his next of kin to the officials of the bank,it is therefore impossible for the board of directors of the bank to verify the next of kin as well as the true heritier of the fund.

(c)And for the above reasons,the managements of the bank authorised me officialy as the executive manager,BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT AND AUDITING of the bank to verify the next of kin to our deceased customer.Therefore, the bank

will always abide by my official directions through the official authorisation bestowed on me. And for this reasons you have nothing to fear as your interest and identity will be legally protected by me.

How ever below is the information of the deceased person with my bank.
The deceased account holder with our bank was Mr.KATTAN SALIF a JORDAN national who naturalised here in Burkina faso for (16) years. He held account number 0036101101 with our bank. Since his death, this account has been dormant and nobody has applied to our bank for the release of this money to him or her as the next of kin.

As the Bills and Exchange Manager of this bank, I have studied this transaction very carefully, and I have noted that there are no risks involved. I am here to protect all your interests in this transaction until this money hits your bank account.Since I am here, I shall be giving you all the developmental information from the bank as soon as this transaction commences.
I know that you will not disappoint me when this money enters your bank account. I have all my hope in this transaction because I shall soon go on retirement.

I am a simple banker whose credibility is still intact and with my maturity and understanding, I promise to give you the best co-operation.Please I will advice you to go through this email very carefully and notify me if you are capable to handle this transaction by your good self, below is the text of application you have to fill and send to the bank now as the next of kin and call me or send me an urgent mail as you forward the application to the bank for the commencement of this transaction.

ZONGO FADA
+226 78 87 85 42

NOTE.Am a man of 46 years old from burkina faso ouagadougou formerly known as upper volta in west africa. This is the details information and i want you to follow it up immediately and fill the application as the next of kin and send to the bank i assure you within the 7 days of your submition of this application to the bank i will make sure your file is approve as the next of kin and i will be given you all informtion you needed from me untill this fund hit your bank account to avoide any mistake.
Please i want you to call me in my direct line as soon as you get this mail to assure me that you are interested into this transaction , because there is no time to delay , so that we can discuss and process ahead and i pass some advice for you to follow. also i want you to know that there is no way the bank in your country will suspect you when this fund transfer into your account, because there will be some legal documents which the bank will issue here before as the fund is transfer into your account with those documents , there will be no suspect as such amount is transfer into your account as the next of kin. and the account have to re-activated on your own name as the next of kin.
the two major thing in this transcation.

1) WE HAVE TO RE-ACTIVATE THE ACCOUNT INTO YOUR OWN NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR KATTAN SALIF ,a JORDAN National.

2) WE HAVE TO OBTAIN A 3 LEGAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE BANK THAT WILL COVER THE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT SO THAT WHEN THIS MONEY TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT NO BODY WILL SUSPECT HOW YOU COME OVER THIS MONEY.

I have to make it very clear to you that this documents and the re-activation of the account will cost us a little expeneses , but i assure you that all the expenese will be cater by me and you not only you alone. i have to let you know about this expenese so that it will not be a problem when the bank have approve your file as the next of kin and the money to do all this will be a problem. because the bank cannot be able to withdrawn any amount from the account because is dormant not acess to it untill the account is been re-activated on your name as the next of kin. listen i have make all the arragement of all this , weather you are from JORDAN or not it does not matter anything, business partner can come any part of the world not matter the race or religion.

I have cover all this place and stand to answer any question the bank will asked you, all you need to assure me that you will help to assist in the financial expenese other thing live it with me assure you that you have no problem concerning this transaction.
do not boarder for anything let us team up and make sure we claim of the fund into your account as soon as possible, i assure you that what ever you spent into this transaction will balance to you back as this money is transfer into your account.
All you need is to follow my advise and directive to make sure there will be no mistake , i want you to be fast so that this fund will transfer into your bank account

Fill the text of application go ahead and send it to the bank and call me as you have done it, so please there is no delay ok.
Call me now waiting for your call and fill the application and send to the bank.
my direct line call me now................. 00226 78 87 85 42

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