419 scam: Al Hassan Compaore <alhassancom04@gmail.com> Contact me for more info

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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:

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:
- "a project that will be very beneficial to both of us" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Al Hassan Compaore <alhassancom04@gmail.com>
Reply-To: compaorea50@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2016 05:45:57 -0400
Subject: Contact me for more info

Attn please,

I am Mr. Al Hassan Compaore a staff in one of the BANK here in Burkina Faso.

I have decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficial to
both of us. During our auditing in this Bank, I came across some
amount of money
belonging to a deceased foreign investor who died with his wife and their only
daughter on July 31, 2000 in a plane crash. The fund has been dormant in his
account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody from his
relation before my discovery.

The said amount is $20,500,000 (Twenty Million Five Hundred thousand US
Dollars). Please check the web link for confirmation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ world/europe/859479.stm

The quest of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the
fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigenous Burkinabe
cannot stand
as next of kin. I don't want this money to go into the Bank Headquarters
treasury as unclaimed Funds after 15 years. Be rest assured this
transaction is
100% risk free.

On your response, we shall discuss the method of this transaction. I look
forward to receive your urgent reply.

Yours Faithfully,
Al Hassan Compaore

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