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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: Mr idris ishaq <idrisishaq@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:44:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Friend, Mr.Idris Ishaq. ..........























































Dear
Friend,
 
With due
respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I make this contact with
you as I believe that you can be of great assistance to me,  my
name is Mr.Idris Ishaq, from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO,
West Africa. Presently i work in the Bank as telex manager. I have been
searching for your contact since you left our country some years ago . I do not
know whether this is your correct email address or not because I only used your
name initials to search for your contact in the internet . In case you are not
the person I am supposed to contact , please see this as a confidential message
and do not reveal it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver,
do let me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below
because it is top secret otherwise ignore and delect out from your mail box for
security reasons ok. I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a
new life but I am sceptical to reveal this particular secret to a
stranger.

 
You must
assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because we are not
going to suffer again in life. It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy
African Politicians used our bank to launder or siphon money overseas through
the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred
out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that was supposed to have
been used to develop the continent.
 
Their
Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign
accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am
aware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred as all the
accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer. I acted as
the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that they were
using me to succeed in their greedy act, I also cleaned some of their banking
records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the money was too
much for them to control.
 
They laundered
over$5b Dollars during the process .As I am sending this message to you; I was
able to divert more than fourth Million Dollars ($40m) to an escrow account
belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the
beneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with the
funds. It is more than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer
using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($40m) laying waste but I don't
want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign account
to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver.
 
The money will
be shared 60% for me and 40% for you .There is no one coming to ask you about
the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me by
providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not to face
any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle the transfer
personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know
immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do. For me,
I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the
whole money did not face any problems.
 
This is my
chance also to grab my own but you must keep the details of the funds secret to
avoid leakages as no one in the bank knows about the funds. Please supply me the
following: Your current contact address and Telephone Numbers. I shall intimate
you on what to do when I get your confirmation and acceptance. If you are
capable of being my trusted associate, do declare your
Consent to
me.
 
Best
Regard’s
Mr.Idris
Ishaq.




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