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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: Mr Zaman Hassan <zaman_hassan28@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: zaman_hassan02@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 17:05:18 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?QVNTQUxBTVXigJlBTEFZS1VNISEhISE=?=


ASSALAMU’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.Zaman Hassan
shorowa, 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 thirty five million united state dollars ($35m) 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 ($35) 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 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 from 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.Zaman Hassan

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