419 scam: "MR. ISSAH SAWADOGO" <issah@sawadogo.com> Dear Good Friend,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. ISSAH SAWADOGO" <issah@sawadogo.com>
Reply-To: issahdogo243@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:43:57 +0100
Subject: Dear Good Friend,

Dear Good Friend,

I am Mr. Issah Sawadogo Assistant Manager in banking institution,
please I know
that this message will come to you as a shock. I hope that you will not expose
or betray this trust and confident that I am about to establish with
you for our
benefit, I have a transfer business deal to share with you from my
bank to your
country.

The funds belong to a late Spanish contractor here, he happen to be one of the
victim in the 2004 bombs explosion in Madrid, I need your full support to
transfer the fixed balance deposits of Ten million Two hundred
Thousand dollars
(US$10.2M) in the account into your account as a foreign partner or one of the
relatives.

All confirmable legal documents to back up the claims will be obtain lagelly
here, I shall be directing you as it is progressing I don't want this money to
go into our Bank recovery account as abandoned fund; I will come over to your
country as soon as the fund is transfer successfully into your
account. This is
50/50 business deal because of your account and support, also this
matter should
be a confidential between you and me, Please delete it if you are not
interested.

Upon the receipt of your reply and indication of your capability, I
will send to
you a draft text of application form to apply for the money and more
details, I
don't want anyone here in the bank to know my involvement during the process.

PLEASE STATE YOUR INFORMATION BELOW TO KNOW YOUR CAPABILITY OF
HANDLING THIS DEAL.

1. FULL NAME..........
2. TELEPHONE NUMBERS.......
3. YOUR AGE......
4. YOUR SEX.........
5. YOUR OCCUPATION........
6. YOUR COUNTRY AND CITY......
7. YOUR HOME ADDRESS..........
8. MARITAL STATUS............

Regards
Mr. Issah Sawadogo

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