419 scam: "Hon. Dr .Haji Zahra" <berrytracywilliams@gmail.com> Request For assistance in a business proposal.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- honhajizahraboastaff@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. Dr .Haji Zahra" <berrytracywilliams@gmail.com>
Reply-To: honhajizahraboastaff@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 04:50:21 -0700
Subject: Request For assistance in a business proposal.

From: Hon. Dr .Haji Zahra
Senior Auditor Foreign Remittance Unit
Bank Of Africa (BOA)
Ouagadougou - Burkina-Faso
West /Africa.
E-mail: honhajizahraboastaff@yahoo.com

Good Day,

I am Hon. Dr .Haji Zahra, the senior Auditor In charge of Foreign
Remittance Unit, Bank Of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I got
your email account while searching for a business oriented personality
in my private study in the internet. I have a business proposal which
will benefit both of us, The amount of money involved is ($15.5
Million Dollars) to be transferred to an offshore account with your
assistance acting as beneficiary and next-of-kin to the funds; it is
100% risk free.

My position as the senior auditor of the bank will be used to advance
this deal. After the end of the business, We shall agree that { 40% }
Forty Percent will be for you in respect of all your assistance for
this transaction and { 60% } Sixty- Percent will be for me being the
pioneer of the business.Then after the money is been transferred into
your account, I will visit your country for an investment under your
kind control.

A lot of customers open private accounts with different Banks without
the knowledge of their families and when they die, such money will be
lost to the Bank unless someone comes to claim it. This is how a lot
of Bank Directors make so much money silently.

If you know you are capable of involving and partaking
thistransaction, i will like you to provide immediately the below
information's, to enable me use it and get you next of kin application
form from my bank.

1.Full Name:_________________
2.Full Address:_______________
3.Telephone Number:_________
4.Country:__________________
5.Occupation:_______________
6.Age:______________________
7.Sex:______________________

As soon as you reply, I will let you know the next steps and
procedures and more details to follow in order to finalize this
transaction immediately.

Here is my private email address: (honhajizahraboastaff@yahoo.com)
Please, reply me through this email address for security purpose.

I am waiting soonest to hear from you.

Yours Sincerely,
Hon. Dr .Haji Zahra.
E-mail: honhajizahraboastaff@yahoo.com

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