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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: asuquofr@zadarma.com
Reply-To: asuquofr@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:37:22 +0200
Subject: Hello.




Hello.





My name is Mr. Bassey Asuquo. Presently, I am in london my reason for
contacting you is to seek your partnership for us to work together, I need
your support and trust to enable me transfer a consignment containing the sum
of US$25 Million to your possession. I was working with Mr Abubakar Atiku
Bagudu some years back, one day he instructed me to go and deposited a
consignment containing the sum of US$25 Million to a security company in
Switzerland, on my way  to Switzerland the President ordered me to take
the consignment some where else since we have deposited a lot of money in
Swiss banks, then I took the  consignment to Cote D Ivoire where it was
deposited successfully in  a security company in Abidjan Cote D Ivoire,
without the notice of Mr Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, the consignment was declared
as personal effect (Alluvial Gold Dusts) belonging to his foreign partner, but
since then till today nobody or the foreign partner has come for this
consignment because all the document are with me and Mr Abubakar Atiku Bagudu
did not know any thing about this consignment, I have made several visit to
the security company and the consignment remain intact.





Without wasting any further time, I am writing to tell you that I want us to
do this business together since I am aware of what is inside this box and I
have all the documents with me, I know you may ask why do I need your
assistance?  YES I need your assistance because I can not remove this
consignment from the security company alone with out a foreign partner because
of the agreement we signed on the day of deposit, I want you to be my foreign
partner to enable me put an application to the management of the security
company for the releasing of the consignment to YOU as the original owner.
With this application we will have access to move the consignment to your
address with out any stress; I will destroy the entire document immediately
you confirm the receipt of this consignment, this deal is risk free, the
entire document are with me if you can keep this transaction confidential.





The following are the conditions upon which I will be willing to work with
you:-





(1) You must be ready and willing to keep this business between us alone.(2)
You will make me your one and only partner in this business and other agents
must not be involved in this new development. (3) The percentage must be
50/50, (4) 50 percent for you including any expenses you made during the
transaction while 50 percent for me as the originator of the deal.(5)
Immediately you receive the consignment you will send me air ticket to fly
down to your country to receive my share of the money.





If you accepted my above stated conditions, notify me in writing urgently and
also provide me with the following information: - (A) your private telephone
and fax number. (B) Your full name and address.





As soon as I hear from I will send you my telephone number in our next
communication. You can visits this website,
(http://www.bobminton.org/mintonhz.htm )
(http://www.bobminton.org/mintonia.htm) to understand very well what I am
talking about.





Yours Sincerely,MR.BASSEY ASUQUO





 


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