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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: k.zongo896@laposte.net
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:33:35 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?ASSALAMU=E2=80=99ALAYKUM!!!!!?=

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.Zongo Komi,
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 five million 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 DETAILS 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 send your cv as it stated Here ok.

Your Full Name..........................
Your
Sex.................................
Your Age..................................
Your Country..............................
Your passport.......................
Your Occupation..........................
Your Personal Mobile Number.........
Your Personal Fax Number.............
As soon as i receive your positive respond i will send to you more details information
about the transaction and what you need to do immediately.
I look forward for your kind and positive response immediately,
Yours sincerely,Contact Me At My Private Email komizongo234@yahoo.dk.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Zongo Komi


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