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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: "DR.ISAAC FARAJI" <frjsc111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frjsc11@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:26:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THIS IS YOUR CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS OR NOT.

















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.Isaac Faraji 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 US 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 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 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.Isaac
Faraji.


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