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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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Fraud email example:

From: Akain Salif <akain_salif1000@sify.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:51:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Assalam Alaikum/Urgent ok






















































Assalam Alaikum/Urgent ok
 
I'm Mr Akain Salif, Auditing director bank of africa.I have a business transaction to the sum of $30M to transact with you. Please ,  http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/ index.html   Yoursfaithfully,  SALIF AKAIN   to my private e-mail address;  akain_salif1000@ sify.com
 
 
       REPLY ME URGENT AND SEND ME YOUR DETAILS
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                                                 AssalaAlaikum 
 
 It is  truth, thatwe have not met or known each other before but I have a situation that warrants me casting out this trust andconfidence  to you for a private and confidential matter.  sorry it was my wife that got your email through her yahoo searching for a trustworthy person that will assist us in this matter,I have been fasting and praying to almighty ALLAH  that he should send a trustworthy person that will assist me to transfer this money into his/her account. because as a bank manager, i cannot transfer this money into my personal bank account. except i contacts a foreign partner that will apply to the bank as a next of kin to the late deceases customer.
 
 
I am very happy  to share this transaction with you,but you must  keep  everything as top secret and very   confidential. The deceased account holder with our bank  was Mr. GEORGE BRUMLEY American citizen
He  As the bill and exchange manager of this bank, i have studied this transaction very carefully and i have noted that there is no risk involved.I am here to protect all your intrests in thistransaction until this money hits your account.
My advise to you is to arrange for a receiving bank account into which our bank shall transfer this money in your favor as next of kin and you have nothing to fear since i am here ,i shall be giving you all the developmental  information from the bank as soon as the transaction commence. Also note that 14 working days from the date the bank receives your application is enough for the funds to get transferred and  the transaction will come to a successful conclusion.
 
Dear, i hope that you will not disappoint me when this money enters into your 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 the best co-operation. If you are really intertested in this transaction,then we  must hurry up  so that our bank and government shall not claim and inherit this money because it has over-stayed.
 
As soon as I hear from you, I will send to you a text of application which you will  fill and send to the bank. But before that I will like to be reassured of the manner of person whom I am dealing with because 30million U.S.D is not a little money,therefore I have to get certain necessary facts about you before we proceed. Such  information I will like to know before we proceed are as follows:

 
(1) Your age....
(2)Your occupation
(3)Your marital stautus
(4)Your fullresidential address.
(5)Your direct phone and fax numbers.
(6)A copy of Your photo scanned and sent to me by mail.
(7)there will be a little expences

as soon as I receive these datas, I will forward to you the application form which you will send to the bank. Meanwhile I will like you to know more about myself.
 I am a family man with 3 children a girl and a boy.I have decided to do this deal because i have worked in this bank for years withoutachieving anything due to the corruption in this country....Workers salaries are hardly paid.Its true this  country is one of the poorest in the world but the leaders are very wicked and corrupt.Even the Aids we receive from Donor countries as well as the international communities are being diverted into the private pockets of the few in authourity.
 
Therefore while the rich are getting richer,the poor masses continues to suffer.Could you beleive a bill and exchange manager like myself can't even take good care of my children?I only have a name NOT money or any material possessions.So this is why when i saw this opportunity, i decided to capitalize on it with my position in the bank and i hope with your co-operation,success will be for us.
Pls always keep in touch with me, preferably by phone because i'm a very busy man who has little or no  time for internets. So as i've told you i have studied and perfected this transaction before i contacted you.
Finally it's very mandatory that you follow all my instructions to avoid any mistake in this transaction and you should  not let the bank know about my involvement in this transaction.i want this transaction to be a top secret between us ok.
Anxiously waiting to hear from you.
 
 May the infinity blessing of almighty ALLAH  shower upon you and your family.
 ALLAH HAFEZ   here is my nurmber 00226 78700734
MR..  SALIF
 
 
 HERE IS MY PERSONAL DATAS AND PROFILE AND THE DETAILS FOR  THIS  TRANSACTION. SO GO THROUGH THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS AND VIEW MY PASSPORT AND ID CARD FOR YOUR RECORD AND REVERT BACK TO ME WHATEVER THE TIME TODAY SO THAT I WILL SEND YOU AN APPLICATION OF CLIAM FORM WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO FILL AND FORWARD TO THE BANK.
 
THAT THISTRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, so you have nothing to worry about because i will be guiding you with all relevant necessary information regards to this transaction.            
 
 
                                                         PLEASE THIS MY PERSONAL DATA / PROFILE.
(1) DATE OF BIRTH: 20/09/1968
(2) PLACE OF BIRTH: Fada N'Gourma.
(3) HEIGHT: 1.99
(4) WEIGHT: 84 kg , Not Permanent.
(5) SEX: Male.
(6) QUALIFICATION: M.B...A in Economics.
(7) OCCUPATION: Banker.
(8) PRESENT POSITION: (B.O.A)  Manager.
(9) WORKING EXPERIENCE :( T.I.C) Insurance Banjul Gambia , & Presently In (B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
(10) MARITAL STATUS: Married With 3 Children.
(11) PROVINCE OF ORIGIN OR STATE: Bobo-Dioulasso.
(12) NATIONALITY: Burkina-Faso West Africa .
(13)BLOOD TYPE: Ax.
(14) HOME: Dad, Mum with 2 Brothers, My Wife & 3 Children.
(15) ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn.
(16) PASS.PORT NOS: A1008622.
(17) DRIVING LICENCE NOS: If 08140.
(18) HOBBIES: Listing To Music & Instructing School Kids.
(19) H.I.V TEST: Negative.
(20) LIFE POLICIES: Always Sober & Calm.
(21) LIFE STYLES: Corporate & Decent.
(22) WORK IN A KITTY: Don’t Take It Personal.
(23) FAVOURITE FOOD: Snacks & Rice.
(24) FAVOURITE DRINKS: Soft Drinks.
(25) AIM: To Resign From Bank & Become An International Business Man.
(26) FAMILY ADAGE: To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected.
OFFICE ADDRESS: (B.O.A) North West Zone-Annex, 01 Ouaga Burkina Faso.
HOUSE ADDRESS: 82 Zangote Yenugua 02 Bp 4587 Ouagadougou 02 Burkina-Faso West Africa .
 
Thanks
Best regards
Salif




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