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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: Hassan Abu <hassanabu2009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hassanabu2010@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:14:24 -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; 
akainsalif1000@gmail.com
 
       REPLY ME URGENT AND SEND ME YOUR
DETAILS
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                                  Assalam
Alaikum
 
 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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