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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: Jean Emmanuel <jemmanuel546@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:50:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re


Dear Friend

I sincerely ask for forgiveness; I know this may seem like a complete intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it as a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a relationship. I am Jean Emmanuel, the personal account officer to Chantal Compaoré  wife of the president  Blaise Compaore  who announced his resignation on 31st October Friday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest at plans to extend his rule.


My contact for you is to assist me transfer the fund ($6.700,000.00 USD) Six Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars from a Cooperate Bank here in Burkina Faso to an overseas account. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account overseas.

You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even an empty account can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing that you will never let me down either now or in future because this business is my life. The owner of this account Chantal Compaoré  and family are on exile in Ivory Coast. And the Husband Blaise Compaore  os present sick fly from Ivory Coast to Europe for treatment. For more infromation you going through the website of this http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29858965

no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary, As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad  to use my own share of the fund to take my wife to abroad for liver damage treatment. Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because I have cover all the loophole and control measures so  the management of the bank will welcome your application for the claim  which I will give to you immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me. There is no risk in this business. With my position here in the bank the money can be transferred to any account you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing
upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side.


I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account, At the conclusion of the transfer you will take 40%, and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then send you the more details about the transaction immediately for more understanding, If you are interested, please forward the following information as below:

{1} Your Name..........
{2} your Telephone No.........
{3} Your Occupation
{4} Your Country.........
{5}Your Age

Waiting for your urgent reply confidentially at my private email address .(jemmanuel546@gmail.com)

BEST REGARDS
Mr Jean Emmanuel.


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