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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: Ali Bhaki <alibhaki1000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bhaki1966@voila.fr
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:39:20 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: ATTN: CEO,




ATTN: CEO,

REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF TWENTY FIVE MILLION THREE

HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS {US$25,300,000.00} ONLY, INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.


I am the Deputy Director of Finance, Foreign Payment Approval Dept. of

West African Monetary Control Board (WAMCB). North-West Regional office.

Burkina Faso. My office oversee all developmental projects financed by the

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Within this zone
(Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Guinea).

With reference to an introduction and recommendation of you by a friend

who works in the Burkina Faso Chambers of Commerce and Industry, I do

hereby, Wish to commence talk with you on a highly confidential level. After
due consultations, I have decided to contact you in order to arrange for a
possible transfer of the sum of Twenty Five million three hundred thousand
dollars (US$25.300.000.00) into your account. This money is a subject of an
over inflated sum acquired from contracts awarded by my Agency in the past
years.

The original contractors have however, been paid and all projects

executed by then commissioned. This over inflated amount can not be withdraw
locally from the paying Bank because the contractors concerned are Foreign
Firms. As a matter of trust, honesty and secrecy, I have decided to contact
you as to assist me provide an account for this transaction if you have
accepted to assist and fully participate in this transaction, kindly furnish
me with the

necessary information such as

Bank Name/
Bank Address/

Account Number/

Account Name/
Swift Code/
Name and your full address/
Scanned copy of your identity card/

With this information provided, the said sum will be transfer to your
account without difficulties.

The terms of sharing the money after a successful transfer will be discuss
as you indicate your interest in assisting to transfer

this money.

Immediately all these information gets to me, I will then present

every document to the paying bank and the copy will be send to you for
verification and record purposes.

Be rest assured with my connections, everything will be through within a
short time. After many years of meticulous services to the

government and people of our sub region I would not want my image to be
dented. Therefore I expect you to handle this transaction

with utmost maturity by keeping everything secret. I can assure you that if
my instructions are carefully adhered to, there will not

be any hitch through out the transaction, there is no risk on your side,
because I have perfected the deal very well over years.

After the transfer, we will be coming over to your country for further

Sharing and possible investments.

I'm waiting to read from you urgently through the electronic mail address
ASAP.



Mr Ail Bhaki.

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