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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: albert <albert_kafando@sify.com>
Reply-To: www.alkafando@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:46:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: How are you today.....?


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From: Mr Albert Kafando.
African Development Bank
(ADB)
Burkina Faso 
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

Dear
Friend,

It will be a surprise for you to receive this
mail. Welcome this letter in the name of God I am Mr  Albert Kafando, the
director of the account & auditing dept, at the African Development Bank
(ADB) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso West Africa. With due respect, I have decided to
contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of
us. 

At the bank's last account/auditing evaluations, I
came across an old account which was being maintained by a foreign client who we
learnt died on a sudden motor accident along Togo road on his way back to
Burkina Faso with his entire family his wife and his only child on 6th Nov.
2003.

Since the deceased was unable to run this account since his death.
The account has remained dormant without the knowledge of his family since it
was put in a safe deposit account in the bank for future investment by the
client. Since his demise, nobody, not even the members of his family have
applied for claims over this fund and it has been in the safe deposit account
until I discovered that. it cannot be claimed since our client is a foreign
national and we are sure that he has no next of kin here to file claims over the
money. As the director of the dept, this discovery was brought to my office so
as to decide what is to be done.With the few personnel in my dept, I decided to
seek ways through which to transfer this money out of the bank and out of the
country too.

The total amount in the accounts is Five Million Five
Hundred Thousand Us Dollars only($5.5m,)with our positions as a staff of the
bank, I am handicapped because I cannot operate foreign accounts and cannot lay
bonafide claim over this money. while contemplating on what to do, I came across
your email contact in the internet directory and I decided to ask you for help
to transfer this money out of the country to your account in your country , the
client is a foreign national and you will only be asked to act as his next of
kin or business partner. I will supply you with all necessary information and
bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this money to any bank of your
choice where this money could be transferred to.

I have decided to give
away forty %( 40%) to you for your assistance and ten (10%) for any expenses
that might arise during the transaction of this transfer. I want to assure you
that this transaction is absolutely 100% guarantee since I work in this bank
which is why you should be confident in the success of this transaction because
you will be updated with information as at when desired.

I will please
wish you keep this transaction secret as I am hoping to retire with my share of
this money at the end of transaction which will be when this money is safely in
your account. I will then come over to your country for sharing of the money
according to the previous agreed percentage. You might even have to advise us on
possibilities of investment in your country or elsewhere of our choice. May god
help you to help me to a restive retirement, Amen.
 
 I am waiting for your urgent response!!!
Thanks and remain
blessed.

Mr Albert Kafando.
African Development Bank
(ADB) Burkina Faso
Call me
+226-75-63-21-76.



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