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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: Daillo Ayana <lokijn@vmail.me>
Reply-To: dr.dailloayana@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:32:35 +0200
Subject: URGENT RRSPOND PLEASE

Dear Friend

I sincerely ask for forgiveness; I know this may seem like a complete
intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of
communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the
temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but
please consider it as a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of
humility.

I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting
a relationship. I am DR DAILLO AYANA, the personal account officer to
Chantal Compaoré wife of the president Blaise Compaore who announced
his resignation on 31st October Friday as hundreds of thousands of
people took to the streets in protest at plans to extend his rule.


My contact for you is to assist me transfer the fund $6.7M ( Six
Million seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ) from a Cooperate Bank here in
Burkina Faso to an overseas account. First, I must solicit your
strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its
nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of
your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great
magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said
amount into your safe account overseas.

You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new
Bank account immediately to receive this money, even an empty account
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing
that you will never let me down either now or in future because this
business is my life. The owner of this account Chantal Compaoré and
family are on exile in Ivory Coast. And the Husband Blaise Compaore os
present sick fly from Ivory Coast to Europe for treatment. For more
infromation you going through the website of this

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29858965

no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary, As a matter of fact, I have decided to
transfer this fund abroad to use my own share of the fund to take my
wife to abroad for liver damage treatment. Your assistance as a
foreigner is necessary because I have cover all the loophole and control
measures so the management of the bank will welcome your application
for the claim which I will give to you immediately, if you are
interested to do this business with me. There is no risk in this
business. With my position here in the bank the money can be transferred
to any account you can provide with assurance that this money will be
intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing upon
successful transfer without any disappointment from your side.


I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any
foreigner who has the correct information of the account, At the
conclusion of the transfer you will take 40%, and the remaining 60% will
be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance
that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I
will then send you the more details about the transaction immediately
for more understanding, If you are interested, please forward the
following information as below:

{1} Your Name..........
{2} your Telephone No.........
{3} Your Occupation
{4} Your Country.........
{5}Your Age......


BEST REGARDS
DR DAILLO AYANA.

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