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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: drzhazu@aol.fr
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:15:21 -0400
Subject: PRIVATE VITAL INFORMATION, URGENT ANSWER


FROM:THE DESK OF DIRECTOR GENERAL (FAEFD)
FOREIGN ACCOUNTS AND ELECTRONIC FILES DEPT;
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

Hello My Friend !

This is a very important private message. So please, calm down your mind and read this message so that you will have the real good understanding of what i want you you to do without misunderstanding ok. Because i am from French and i don't speak English very well .

I am Dr.Emmanuel Hazu Zandel, the Director General Foreign Accounts and Electronic Files Programming Department (FAEFD) of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso .

There are two brothers, citizen of your country that deposited money with the management of our bank in the year 2003 and both of them is already dead. They are international business partners, contractors, dealers on Caterpillar, cars and crude oil business. This two brothers died in their private jet plane crashed in the year 2004. I am their bank accounts manager. And based on the information i got from the right source, It was ten people was inside their private jet plane that crashed and all of them died (their families and friends) .

And i have made lots of inquiries to see if i can be able to find their next of kin to come and claim the funds, and with all my efforts made i couldn't find/locate any of their next of kin up till today am writing you .

The total amount of money which they deposited with the management of our bank is $36,800,000.00 (Thirty-Six Million, Eight Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) and it was in 2 different bank accounts they deposited the funds ($$22 million and $34.8 million U.S dollars. And since their death for the past years no body have apply to our bank for the claim of the total funds deposited by them .

And as a banker, this proved to me that the two late customers deposited the funds with the management of our bank without any other person knowing about it. And as their accounts manager, the management of our bank has given me the last chance to provide their next of kins to come up for the claiming of the 2 funds or else it will be regarded as an unclaimed funds and will allowed to enter the treasury account as an unclaimed funds .

So my plan is to present you to stand as their only living business next of kin in the position to claim the funds; so that you and me will claim the funds without any problem. Because without a foreigner applying to the management of our bank for the claiming of the total funds, i can not be able to transfer the funds out of our bank to abroad as i planned .There is no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law. So it is better that we claim the money, than allowing it to enter the treasury account as an unclaimed funds or other bank directors to take it, they are rich already .

I want you to understand that am not a wicked man, the reason i decided to do this business with you is because if i didn't do it, later other 2 0r 3 directors will do it and they wil eat the money alone and it will not benefit the poor masses. I have decided that we are going to use part of the funds to help our brothers and sisters in the societies that needed help, if you agree with me. Because only me will not decide on what we are going to do with the money .

So please, i want you to kindly help me in receiving this funds and for our own good ok . Please, you should not be afraid of anything in this my project; because i am in the right position to get the funds be transferred out of our bank to your bank accounts successfully. I have already planned very well for our complete successful in this project before contacting you to help me in receiving the 2 funds ok. And i promise you that will try every thing humanly possible to get it done without you and me having any problem, hence will follow my instructions/guidelines. I assure you this my project is 100% [one hundred percent risk free .

I have decided and agreed on the following Sharing Ratio with you:- 52 % for me and 48% for you. If you agree with me then please kindly answer immediately through this my private email address:- hzandel@gmail.com for more information/details on how we are going to proceed ok .

And i want you to know that the management of our bank is not going to transfer the whole of this total amount $36.8 Million Dollars at once into your bank account, but the management will be transferring it in the splitions to your receiving bank account and in rapid Wire Telegraphic Transfer to avoid problem. And also there is the possibility for the management of our bank to load the funds into international Prepaid MasterCard or into international ATM Visa Card and send it to you and you will receive it successful under your good care and control and without encountering any problem. So it depend on the one you choose for receiving the funds .

Please, i am waiting for your prompt answer through your private email address and include your private telephone number for our private communication ok.

Yours Sincerely,
DR.EMMANUEL HAZU ZANDEL.


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