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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Wajid N.Okamaah" <okamaah@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:17:14 -0700
Subject: PRIVATE/SECRET INFORMATION, URGENT ANSWER

FROM:DR.WAJID M.NUWAISIR
DIRECTOR GENERAL
FOREIGN ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT
THE AFRICAN BANK (T A B)
OUAGADOUGOUD,BURKINA FASO.

Dear ,
Please, you need to pay proper attention and read this my
message to you; so that you will have the clear understanding of what
i really mean to you ok .

I'm by name Dr. Wajid M.Nuwaisir, the Director General Foreign
Accounts and Audit Department (DG-FAAD) of The African Bank (T A B)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

MY MAIN PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU :-

I want to do business with you worth sum of $57.8 Million USD. I
discovered $52.8 Million USD in my department i an abandoned foreign
bank accounts during final annual auditing for the year 2015. This
funds in my position now was deposited with the management of our bank
in two different bank accounts by two foreign late customers of our
bank. $32 Million USD and $20.8 Miilion USD. And also gold worth sum
of $5 Million USD. They are two brothers and business partner. This
two foreign customers of our bank died together in a plane crashed in
the year 2004.

And since their death for more than 11 years no body has ever
applied to the management of our bank for the claiming of this total
funds and gold which they deposited with the management .

So as a banker working in the same bank and as one of the Top
Directors of this bank, this proved to me clearly that the late
customers deposited this funds and gold with the management of our
bank without the consent of any body and also without any body as
their next of kin .Please, i want you to help me transfer this fund
into your bank accounts and also the gold for our own good .

Please, you should not be afraid of any thing or any problem in
this my project; because i will make sure that i perfect every of our
dealings to our favour so that we will not have any problem on and
after we received the funds and gold successful completed under your
care and control .

OUR SHARING RATIO :-
I have already made up my mind to share this funds and gold with
you in the following sharing ratios: $25.3 Million USD of this fund
$52.8 Million USD is for you for helping in receiving this money and
$27.5 Million USD is for me. And gold of $2 Million USD also for you
and gold of $3 Million USD for me. If you agree with me ,then please
kindly respond immediately to this my private e-mail address below:-

wajidnuwaisir@gmail.com

So that i will send to you immediately the details concerning this
my project for our proceeding without delaying .Because the management
of our bank in our last top directors meeting concluded that if no
body apply to the bank for the claiming of this total funds and gold
within this quarters of the year 2016, that the management will allow
the two fund to enter the Central Bank Treasury Account as an
unclaimed funds. This is according to our banking policy .

And i don't ever want this funds to enter the treasury account
as an unclaimed fund, because i am in the position to get this funds
be transferred out of our bank to your bank account without any
problem. And also the gold.I want you to know that the management of
our bank is not going to transfer the whole of this fund $52.8 Million
USD at once into your bank account, but will transfer it in the
splitions to your bank account; in order to avoid violation of your
country banking law ok .And also be rest assured that this my project
will be done successfully without you and me encountering any problem
.

Please, if you can help me then reply immediately to enable me
know your stand and the next thing for me to do without delaying ok
.Because i needed not delaying in this my project .I hope that you do
understand my explanations very well?.

I'm waiting for your prompt answer .

Yours Faithfully
DR.WAJID M.NUWAISIR.

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