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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: kabore <ahmedkabor1000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kabore <ahmedkabore2000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:39:11 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings My Dear Friend,


Greetings My Dear Friend,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter isnot a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must ,come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day thatpeople meet and become great friends and business partners. Please Iwant you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize forbarging this message into your mail box without any formal
introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this businessand I know that this message will come to you as a surprise. Please,this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it ok,  Withdue respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make thiscontact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance, tome. My name is Mr.Ahmed Kabore, from Burkina Faso, West Africa. Iwork in Bank Of Africa (BOA) as telex manager, please see  this as aconfidential message and do not reveal it to another person,
and let me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposalbelow because it is top secret.  I am about to retire from activeBanking service to start a new life , but I am skeptical to revealthis particular secret to a stranger. You  must assure me thateverything will be handled confidentially because  we are not going tosuffer again in life. It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy
African Politicians used our bank to launder   money overseas throughthe help of their Political advisers. Most ofthe funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were goldand oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop thecontinent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts beforetransferring to foreign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to
divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no officialtrace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for suchtransfers were being closed after transfer. I acted as the BankOfficer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that theywere using me to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some oftheir banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask mebecause the money was too much for them to control. They launderedover $5billion Dollars during the process.
Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted($10.5million Dollars) to an escrow account belonging to no one in thebank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to thefundsis because they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is morethan Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer usingour bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($10.5million Dollars) hasbeen laying waste in our bank and I don't want to retire from the bankwithout transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable mesharethe proceeds with the receiver (a foreigner). The money will be shared60% for me and 40% for you. There is no one coming to ask you aboutthe funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist meby providing a reliable bank account where the funds can be
transferred. You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I amgoing to handle the transfer personally. If you are capable ofreceiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give youa detailed information on what to do. For me, I have not stolen themoney from anyone because the other people that took the whole moneydid not face any problems. This is my chance to grab my own life
opportunity but you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoidany leakages as no one in the bank knows about my plans.  Please getback to me if you are interested and capable to handle thisproject, I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from yourconfirmation and acceptance.If you are capable of being my trustedassociate, do declare your consent to me. I am looking forward to hearfrom you immediately for further informatio
Thanks with my best regards.Mr.Ahmed Kabore,Telex ManagerBank Of Africa  (BOA)Burkina Faso

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