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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: "Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina" <drakinwumiadesina32@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 03:36:46 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend.

Dear Friend,

With due respect to your person, I make this contact with you as I
believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Dr.
Akinwumi A. Adesina, from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West
Africa, Presently i work in the Cori's Bank International as telex
manager. I have been searching for your contact since you left our
country some years ago.

I do not know whether this is your correct email address or not
because I only used your name initials to search for your contact .In
case you are not the person I am supposed to contact, please see this
as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another person but
if you are not the intended receiver, do let me know whether you can
be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it is top secret.
I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but
I am skeptical to reveal this particular secret to a stranger. You
must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because
we are not going to suffer again in life. It has been 10 years now
that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder
money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of
the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold
and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the
continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before
transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert
part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of
how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers
were being closed after transfer.

I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I
discovered that they were using me to succeed in their greedy act; I
also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank files and no
one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to
control. They laundered over $5b Dollars during the process .As I am
sending this message to you, I was able to divert Thirty Five Million
United State Dollars ($35m) to an escrow account belonging to no one
in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to
the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds.
It is more than Ten years now and most of the politicians are no
longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($35) Million
Dollars has been laying waste but I don't want to retire from the bank
without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share
the percentage with the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for me
and 40% for you.

There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because I secured
everything. I only want you to assist me by providing a bank account
where the funds can be transferred. You are not to face any
difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle the
transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let
me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on
what to do. This is my chance also to grab my own but you must keep
the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the
bank knows about the funds. I shall intimate you on what to do when I
hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of
being my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me .

Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina,

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