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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: yaya bambara <yayabambara1989@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yayabambara022@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:51 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU.

Greetings,

With due respect to your personality and much sincerity of this
purpose, I make this contact with you believing that you can be of
great assistance to me. My name is Mr. Yaya Bambara, I am a manager in
African Development Bank (ADB) Burkina Faso, Please see this as
a confidential message and do not reveal it to another person because
it’s a top secret.

You must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially
because we are not going to suffer again in life. You may have or not
been aware that the Ex- president of Burkina Faso President Blaise
Compaore was forced to step down from power after 27 years in power.

The greedy President used our bank to launder and steal the country’s
money to overseas through the help of his Political advisers, Most of
the funds he transferred out of Burkina Faso were public funds, money
realized from gold and cotton that were supposed to have been used to
develop the country (Burkina Faso). During that time his Political
advisers always inflated the amounts before transferring it out to
foreign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the
funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace on how much was
transferred out as all the accounts used for each transfers were being
closed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to the President
and his Political advisers and when I discovered that they were using
me to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of their
banking records and no one cared to ask me till date no one is aware
of it because the money was too much for them to control. They
laundered over $1billion Dollars during the process.

Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted
($17.4million Dollars) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the
bank and till date the money is still laying waste in nobody’s name in
our bank. I want you to put claim on the money and provide a reliable
bank account where it will be transferred to you, at the conclusion of
the transfer the money will be shared 50% for me and 40% for you while
10% will be mapped out for expense and for donation to motherless
babies 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 fund
because I have secured everything already, you are not to face any
difficulties or any legal implications as I am going to handle the
transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the money, do let
me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on
what to do.

Get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this
project, I shall intimate you on what to do immediately I receive your
confirmation and acceptance to work with me. Please note; if you are
not interested kindly delete my mail.

Best regards.

Mr. Yaya Bambara.

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