419 scam: samuel zongo <zongosamuelg7@msn.com> Urgent Need.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: samuel zongo <zongosamuelg7@msn.com>
Reply-To: <szamuel@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:11:59 +0000
Subject: Urgent Need.

Dear Friend,

Good day my friend, I have picked up the trust and courage to write you this letter with divine confidence that you are a reliable and honest Person who will be capable for this important business transaction believing also that you will never let me down either now or in the future.

My name is Samuel Zongo; a senior Auditing Officer with this bank of Africa (BOA) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. There is an account opened in this bank in 2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account after the death of an account owner. Then after going through some old files in the records to verify the heir of the fund, I discovered that the customer died with his entire family.

The owner of this account died since 2003. He has no relative here and his Company has been closed and no person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (US$840,000.00) Eight Hundred and Forty thousand United States Dollars.

I want this (US$840,000.00) Eight Hundred and Forty thousand United States Dollars to be transferred into a safe foreign account abroad. I am contacting you based on the fact that you are a foreigner because this money can only be approved for payment to a foreigner. I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we don't know each other before.

I suggested that our percentage shall be 40% for you while 60% is for me as soon as you confirm the total sum into your bank account. I will come over to your country for sharing of the money.

I will be waiting for your urgent response.

Regards,
Samuel Zongo.

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