419 scam: "Mr.Ahmed Zongo" <izaki5296@gmail.com> Good Day,

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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- zongoahmed033@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Ahmed Zongo" <izaki5296@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zongoahmed033@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 14:36:55 +0100
Subject: Good Day,

Good Day,

Please accept my apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics, is just my urgent need of your partnership and cooperation to
provide a good and reliable bank account that can receive US$16.4
Million. This said fund was deposited in our bank years back by late
Col. Muammar Gaddafi late Libyan leader and due to the fact that none
of his family members knows about this fund our bank top executives
are planning to transfer the fund to the bank treasury account as an
abandon fund (unclaimed bill) for embezzlement to share the fund
amongst the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS and TOP SHAREHOLDERS of the Bank.

Please read below website:

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/muammar-gaddafi-stashed-away--200-billion/195512-2.html

My major reason why I decided to contact you is that I want to present
you in our bank as Next of kin to this fund whereby you shall stand as
a Business Associates jointly with late Col. Muammar Gaddafi in
business of purchasing Gold from Burkina Faso mining cooperation which
makes you eligible to claim the fund without any rejection from our
bank. I have all the valuable information about deposit of the fund
and I am ready to supply it to you to claim the fund once you give me
full assurance to cooperate with me, I would have personally
transferred this fund to a foreign account before now but as I am a
civil servant working in the same bank we are not allowed to operate a
foreign account these are my reasons I needed cooperation of a
foreigner to stand in for claim of the fund.

I want to guarantee you that this transaction is 100% risk free and
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of law. All I need from you is your Honest
cooperation, confidentiality and trust to enable us sees this
transaction through and at the conclusion of the fund transfer to your
account you will have 40% of the total fund as the account owner, 50%
will be for me, and 3% will be mapped out for expense, while 7% will
be set aside as a free will donation to charity and motherless babies
homes.

On your confirmation of this email indicating your interest, I will
furnish you with more details and please endeavor to let me know your
decision rather than keep me waiting. Note, treat this proposal as top
secret but if you are not interested in this transaction please delete
my letter.

Contact me for more details of thetransaction EMAIL:zongoahmed033@gmail.com

I wait to hear from you soonest.

Thank you and best regards
Mr.Ahmed Zongo.

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