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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: Lassine Diawara <lassinediawa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lassinediawa@adinet.com.uy
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:46:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dr Lassine Diawara




Dr Lassine Diawara
Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit
Bank Of Africa (BOA)
Ouagadougou - Burkina-Faso
West /Africa.

Good Day,

                                    Confidential Business Proposal!!

I am Dr, Lassine Diawara the senior Auditor In charge of Foreign Remittance Unit of our bank and I decided to contact you for this financial transaction worth ($ 15.5 Million Dollars) for our present and future success.

This is an abandoned fund that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash in September 2007.

You can see the website link below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia-pacific/6997381.stm

Meanwhile I was very fortunate to come across the deceased file when I was arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management an official re-documentation and to the law imposed by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in World Press Conference on Tuesday 6 December 2005 at 12:18 GMT

For more information about the prime Minister decision on dormant accounts:
visit:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

Audit of the year against 2006.informed clearly that it was stated in our foreign banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 5 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the Government treasury as an unclaimed fund.

However, it is not authorized by the rules guiding our bank for a citizen of Burkina Faso to make the claim of the fund unless you are a foreigner, no matter the country you come from. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the next of kin to the deceased.

I shall provide you with more details that will help you understand the transaction. I need your assistance and co-operation to this reality as I have done my Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you as the beneficiary of the fund. My position as the senior auditor of the bank will be used to advance this deal.
 
After the end of the business, We shall agree that { 40% } Forty  Percent will be for you in respect of all your assistance for this transaction and { 60% } Sixty- Percent will be for me being the pioneer of the business . If you are really sure of your, Trust worthiness, Accountability and confidentiality on this transaction contact me and accept not to change your mind to cheat, or disappoint me when the deposited funds are released to you by our bank.

I will like you to provide immediately the below information’s, to enable me use it and get you next of kin application form from my bank.
 
1. Full Name:..........................
2. Full Address:......................
3.Telephone number :.........
4.Country :.............................
5. Occupation:.......................
6. Age:.....................................
7.Sex:......................................

As soon as you reply, you notify me so that I will let you know the next steps and procedures to follow in order to finalize this transaction
immediately;


Yours sincerely,

Dr Lassine      +226 78748425


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