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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: "Mr Diallo T.Alidu" <dia_t_a@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:06:51 GMT
Subject: FROM MR DIALLO T.ALIDU.

Mr,Diallo T.Alidu,
15 kolughu naba av.
Age: 45years old.
Marital status: married with 3 children.
Occupation: banker.
Country: Burkina Faso .
City: Ouagadougou .

I am Mr.Diallo T.Alidu, working at the auditing and accounting department, BANK
OF AFRICA (B .O. A) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa, with due respects and
regard I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.

I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

i came to know you in my Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable Person to
handle this Confidential Transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of
Money to a Foreign Account requiring Maximum Confidence.

During an annual auditing of Account's in this bank, my department came across a
very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died in a tragic plane
crash on the Lenana Peak, Mount Kenya, Saturday, the 19th day of July, 2003
together with his wife Jean, three of their children and their spouses, and four
grandchildren, since then his fund has been dormant in his account with this
Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or
relation before discovery to this development.

The said amount was U.S $8.2M (Eight million, two hundred thousand United States
dollars).In fact I could have done this transaction alone but because of my
position in the country as a civil servant (A Banker), we are not allowed to
operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side
during the time of transfer because I work in this bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will
forward claims as the next of kin with affidavits of trust of oath to the Bank
and also present a foreign account where you will need the money to be
transferred into on your request as it may be after due verification and
clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will
be remitted from, to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth
conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 45% of the total sum as
gratification, while 50% will be for me, also the remaining 5% will be for any
expenses such like telephone bills which most involved in this transaction and
it will all be deducted out from the total money when it is been transferred to
your account over there and also you have to understand that you and i will put
hands together to make any expenses that come up in this transaction, Please,
you have been advised to keep "top secret" as I am still in service and intend
to retire from service after I have concluded this transaction with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the
money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent
sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment, either in your country or any country you advice me to invest in.
All other necessary, vital information will be sent to you when I hear from you.

I look forward to receive your reply urgently. Show your readiness to assist me
in this transaction by replying this proposal as early as possible and I want
you to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by
giving me the following information's about yourself:

1) Your age:...............................
2) Your occupation:.......................
3) Are you married?:...............................
4) Your mobile phone number.:...............................
5) Your location and full address.
6) Scan and send a copy of your identity card to me.
:...............................
7) Your Fax Number: :...............................
8) Sex:.:...............................

I will tell you how you can apply to the bank as soon as i receive your response
towards this mail. Extend my greetings to your family and you should please try
and have trust on me in this transaction so that we shall achieve our aim
together.

Do not take this very transaction as a joke, I am betting you right now that
this is just nothing but reality, so you reply and ask me how you can apply for
the text of application form of claim of the deceased fund from the bank. It is
the foreign remittance departments that are responsible for transference of fund
into your account over there.

KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH MY PRIVATE ADDRESS; dia_t_a@voila.fr

Thanks from,
Mr,Diallo T.Alidu.



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