419 scam: aboubarcar harouna <aboubarcar.47@msn.com> Confidential Trust Business Deal

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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)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "aboubarcar_harouna@voila.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "aboubarcar_harouna@voila.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: aboubarcar harouna <aboubarcar.47@msn.com>
Reply-To: <aboubarcar_harouna@voila.fr>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 04:23:12 +0000
Subject: Confidential Trust Business Deal

From the desk of Aboubarca Harouna
Auditing and accounting manager,
Ouagadougou Burkina FASO.

Dear friend,
(Confidential trust business deal.)

Greetings to you and your family, I am Mr. Aboubacar Harouna the Auditing and Accounting section manager in Banque Regionale De Solidarite Burkina Faso (BRS

BANK). I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $ 39, 500.00 (THIRTYNINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLARS ) to your account within

10 or 14 banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank with out claim. So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can

release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret. Upon receipt of your

reply, I will give you full details on how the business will be executed and back you up in all details the bank may rquest from you been me as the accounting manger,,I am expecting your urgent response.

I will appreciate it very much, if this proposal is acceptable by you, Do Not Make Undue Advantage Of The Trust I Have Bestowed On You, And I Assure You We

Can Achieve It Successfully. Kindly get back to me on my Private Email Address: aboubarcar_harouna@voila.fr
Respectfully,

Mr. Aboubacar Harouna

aboubarcar_harouna@voila.fr

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