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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 Umaru Zongo <zangombaka@outlook.com>
Reply-To: zangombaka2009@sify.com
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 22:32:57 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS PROJECT?

You may receive this email in your spam because of poor internet
connectivity kindly forward it to your inbox before you replies me urgent.





URGENT POSITIVE TRUST
Dear Friend,





I got your email contact through a personal search and decided to let you
know about this packaged financial transaction that will benefit us. I am
Mr Zango Mbaka, the Group Executive Director/ Group Finance Director of
CORIS BANK INTERNATIONAL here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
On the course of the 2011 end of the year's report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the Chief Auditor I had Eight Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars (8.5M, USD) of which no body/staff or
director is aware of and will never be aware of, I have also PLACED this
fund on ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT in one of our Bank.

As the Group Finance Director, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account.
This fund will be shared between us in the ratio of 50% for me and 40% for
you. While 10% for any incurable expenses that will come & incur by you
during the transfer, Please If you accept my offer, kindly contact me for
more details. In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk
involve because it will be a bank-to-bank transfer. Please this is very
confidential transaction.



More details shall be communicated to you immediately you indicate your
full assurance to assist & partner with me.



Contact me by return mail for any question and further discussion on EMAIL:
zangombaka2009@sify.com

I will appreciate your timely response.
With Regards,
Mr. Zango Mbaka.

NOTE: Please if however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly delete this
email in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible to
enable me look for Capable one.

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