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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:28:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CIA GENERATED 419 NIGERIAN SCAM SPAM


waiting to hear from you
Saturday, November 15, 2008 12:12 PM

>From okadima_dick Sat Nov 15 19:12:31 2008




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MR OKADIMA DICK=20
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OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.=20
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This message might meet you in utmost surprise,However,Its just my urgent n=
eed for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction,=
I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso currently holding the post of=
a director auditing and accounting section of the bank.I have the opportun=
ity of transferring the left over fund($12.5 m USD) which bellongs to one o=
f my client who died along with his family in a plane crash.=20
=A0
After further investigation it was discovered that the deceased person did =
not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work=
of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my=
office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, twelve mi=
llion five hundred thousand united State Dollars is still lying in my bank =
and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that acco=
rding to the laws of my country at the expiration seven years six months th=
e funds will revert to the ownership of the Burkina Government if nobody ap=
plies to claim the funds.
=A0
My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to=
instruct BOA BANK to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving r=
elation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with=
you 60/30 while 10% will be mapped for expenses that may be incured in the=
preoccess of transfering this fund into your account. That is: I will simp=
ly nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you=
. We share the procentange 60/30. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds =
be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line in my involvem=
ent in claiming the deposit.=20
=A0
I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few day=
s. I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating =
to the deceased person I will then officially communicate with my Bank and =
instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these: all is done. I am =
aware of the consequences of this proposal.=20
=A0
I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard =
this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer=
is of no appeal to you,delete this message and forget I ever contacted you=
. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You m=
ay not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comp=
arable situations run the whole private banking sector.=20
=A0
I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, t=
his may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dict=
ates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones way once in a=
lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in t=
otal control of my destiny. These chances wont pass me by. I ask that you d=
o not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let m=
e move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is=
an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward f=
or this project and it is a task well worth undertaking.=20
=A0
I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusi=
ng to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows of thi=
s situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you =
into the center of relevance in my life. Lets share the blessing. If you gi=
ve me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. =
I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels;
=A0
I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you=
contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting=
me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers =
I will provide for you, Further more be informed that the fact that you are=
a foreigner give you the privilege to stand in as my deceased client benef=
iciary as my deceased client had no relation all his family died with him i=
n a plane crash and I can not use my relation because its not accepted here=
in Burkina Faso.=20
=A0
Also I am very confident that we will be able to establish the trust that i=
s needed to complete this deal and all that I need from the time been is yo=
ur willingness and commitment so that we can end this in the nest one weeks=
.Like I said before there is no risk involve as it will pass through intern=
ational banking laws and all the necessary information will be given to you=
in later.I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lin=
es are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our le=
vel of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Plea=
se observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family =
man, I have wife and children.
=A0
I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequen=
ces, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that =
success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one=
truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my con=
fidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon.
=A0
Futher detailes of the transfer will be sent to you as soon as i receive a =
positive response from you.=20
Thanks.=20
MR OKADIMA DICK



Portal Universia Chile - Red de universidades red de oportunidades.
http://www.universia.cl

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