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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: mahoward@laposte.net
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:27:17 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY


I want to apologize if this will interrupt your privacy. I need somebody we can rely on and trust with the confidence of our intention. I write to inform you of our desire to acquire estates, shares or landed properties in your country on behalf of other members of my Committee.
Considering our very strategic and influential position, we would want the transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. The identity of the others involved will remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the transaction because of their political positions in the country.
Burkina Faso present Financial Policy does not favor us having large sums of money in our possession for now; hence it is our desire to have an oversea agent. I have been mandated to solicit for a foreign partner overseas with the intention to help us in negotiation in our desire to invest abroad.
The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed investments in your country is presently in an escrow account in Europe and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your Country or any safe account outside your country that is convenient for you and us. The plan is that you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the aforementioned Department of Minerals & Energy here in Burkina Faso where we work.
The contract sum which runs into (US$14,500,000) Fourteen Million, five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only of which your share shall be 20% if you agree to be our overseas agent.
Your area of specializations does not matter in this transaction; all that is required of you is a safe account and your willingness to assist us to acquire properties in your country. As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into an account that you will nominate, we intend to come over for our remaining 70% share because 5% will be for expenses/Taxation during the process of the transfer and remaining 5% will be for charity purpose.
In our acquiring of properties, you shall serve as our agent. It might interest you to note that, you have to reassure us in every way you can and will be capable in this regard, as we have heard & know that there are a lot of scams out there and we have lost a lot too, as a result of seeking assistance from the wrong hands/partner.
Last two year, a similar transaction we made with a foreign company to award a major DME contract at one of mines in Koudougou, one of the regions here in our country was carried out with one Fernandez Yu of Taiwan but after securing the payment approvals, and payment effected, Fernandez Yu changed his numbers and addresses, and was nowhere to be found on our getting to
Taiwan. That was how we lost US$4.5Million. So this time around, I will be with you before the remittance is made into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a vital role until conclusion.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal via my email address with your Telephone/Fax numbers, email address and your full name & address. We shall then discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through. If however, you are indisposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved. But, if this transaction is successful, l can assure that my partner will do his utmost best to secure a contract with DME for you, if you so desire in the nearest future.You are free to contact me through my private e-mail address for more details(howard_mansoure01@terra.com).
Finally, we wish to reassure you that the process is hitch/risk free and your utmost confidentiality should be our priority right now. I await your response.
Yours sincerely,
Engr.Howard Mansoure.

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