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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: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 18:31:30 +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 Dr. 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,

Dr. Zaman Hassan


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