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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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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Fadi Rashid <mrfadirrashid@voila.fr>
Reply-To: mrfadiirashid@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ASSALAAMU ALAYKUM !!!!!!








Dear
Friend,
 
With due respect to
your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I
believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Mr Fadi Rashid,
from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa . Presently i work in the
African development Bank as telex manager. I have been searching for your
contact since you left our country some years ago.
 
I do not know whether
this is your correct email address or not because I only used your name initials
to search for your contact .In case you are not the person I am supposed to
contact, please see this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to
another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let me know whether
you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it is top
secret.
 
I am about to retire
from active Bank service to start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal this
particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everything will be
handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in
life.
 
It has been 10 years
now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder money
overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which
they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that was
supposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers
always inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also used
the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no
official trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such
transfers were being closed after transfer.I acted as the Bank Officer to most
of the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed in
their greedy act;
 
I also cleaned some of
their banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the
money was too much for them to control. They laundered over $5b Dollars during
the process .As I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert Ten
million five hundred thousand united state dollars ($10.5m) to an escrow account
belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the
beneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with the
funds.
 
It is more than Eight
years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer
funds overseas. The ($10.5) Million Dollars has been laying waste but I don't
want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign account
to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money will be shared 60%
for me and 40% for you.
 
There is no one coming
to ask you about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to
assist me by providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You
are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle
the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me
know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to
do.
 
For me, I have not
stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the whole money
did not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my own but you must
keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the bank
knows about the funds.
 
Please get back to me if
you are interested and capable to handle this project I shall intimate you on
what to do when I hear your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of
being my trusted associate, do declare your consent to
me.
 
Waiting for your urgent
response
 
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr Fadi Rashid
 

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