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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: Usman Kabore <usmankabore250@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:31:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings


Greetings,
With due respect to your personality and much sincerity of thispurpose, I make this contact with you believing that you can be ofgreat assistance to me. My name is Mr. Usman Kabore from BurkinaFaso, I am a manager in African Development Bank Group (ADB) BurkinaFaso, Please see this as a confidential message and do not reveal itto another person because it’s a top secret.
You must assure me that everything will be handled confidentiallybecause we are not going to suffer again in life. You may have or notbeen aware that the Ex- president of Burkina Faso President BlaiseCompaore was forced to step down from power after 27 years in power.please read this website for more clarification:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29851445 :http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30076907
The greedy President used our bank to launder and steal the country’smoney to overseas through the help of his Political advisers, Most ofthe funds he transferred out of Burkina Faso were public funds, moneyrealized from gold and cotton that were supposed to have been used todevelop the country (Burkina Faso). During that time his Politicaladvisers always inflated the amounts before transferring it out toforeign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to divert part of thefunds hence I am aware that there is no official trace on how much wastransferred out as all the accounts used for each transfers were beingclosed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to the Presidentand his Political advisers and when I discovered that they were usingme to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of theirbanking records and no one cared to ask me till date no one is awareof it because the money was too much for them to control. Theylaundered over $1billion Dollars during the process.
Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted($11.5million Dollars) to an escrow account belonging to no one in thebank and till date the money is still laying waste in nobody’s name inour bank. I want you to put claim on the money and provide a reliablebank account where it will be transferred to you, at the conclusion ofthe transfer the money will be shared 50% for me and 40% for you while10% will be mapped out for expense and for donation to motherlessbabies home either in your country or anywhere in the world you wish.
Be rest assured there is no one coming to ask you about the fundbecause I have secured everything already, you are not to face anydifficulties or any legal implications as I am going to handle thetransfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the money, do letme know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information onwhat to do.

Get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle thisproject, I shall intimate you on what to do immediately I receive yourconfirmation and acceptance to work with me. Please note; if you arenot interested kindly delete my mail.
Best regards.Mr. Usman Kabore.

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