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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Eric Brown Sawadogo" <e.brownsawadogo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr.Eric Brown Sawadogo" <eric.brownsawadogo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 07:31:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Kindly indicate your interest to partnership with me in this
project offer!


 Dear friend,
Compliment of the season, I know that this message might meet you in utmost surprise, I am so sorry for intruding into your privacy, but as well I wish to use this medium to contact you personally for this urgent business transaction, which I believe that this deal will be for our own mutual benefit.


First and foremost, with all due respect I want to introduce myself to you, my names are Mr. Eric Brown Sawadogo,I am a native of Burkina-Faso, and a banker by profession.

However; it’s my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this urgent project of funds transfer sum of USD$7.5 million dollars to your bank account for our mutual benefit. And note that presently, I am the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting Section in all our corresponding banks here in Burkina Faso. And during the checking and controlling of the 2014 Annual Financial Report for the ending year. I and my team came across abandon sum of USD $7.5M Dollars in a (Dollar Account) belongs to the one of the Formal Regime Under President Blaise Compaore,s aid opened since 2004. But now, the new Transition Government (Interim) has instructed the Central Bank of Burkina Faso for total Review in all the financial institutions and banks in all over the nation Burkina Faso,and prompted for scrutiny and ordered for confiscation of all the illegal account and deposited funds by the formal government officials and their aid…etc.And all such funds will be transferred or re-lodge into Government Treasury Account with immediate effect. Meanwhile, with my position in this bank I have the opportunity to transfer into any bank account of your choice with this stated above funds to any bank account of your choice in your country within 5 bank working days for our mutual profit instead of the funds will be confiscated and paid into the Government Account as Unclaimed Bill.

I want you to know that as soon as you indicate your willingness to partnership with me in this transaction I will give you the more details of the transfer and step to take to claim the release of the funds to your bank account as genuine beneficiary of the funds . Note that this business is 100% risk free, and every good arrangement to execute the transfer has been prepared before contacting you for partnership. You can read more about the news of Over threw Formal Regime of 27yrs in power in October 2014 by the Nation Population through this below link:

(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/world/africa/burkina-faso-unrest-blaise-compaore.html?_r=0) OR AT BBC ( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29994683)

So, i am inviting you for this business as partnership where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/40% at end of this transaction. If you agree to my deal proposal, more details of transaction and steps to take for successful transfer to your bank account will be sent to you immediately i receive your return mail.

Waiting for your urgent reply for more transfer details.

Thanks
Mr. Eric Brown Sawadogo
Audit & Accounting Manage

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