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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: "Mr. Bello" <mrsulemanbello863@gmail.com>
Reply-To: a.suleman54@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 19:16:10 -0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

Dear friend.

With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I make
this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance
to me.It's just my Urgent need for foreign partner that made me to
contact you for this transaction of mutual benefit. Please feel free
to read my massage and respond back urgently. My name is Mr.Bello,
from Burkina Faso in West Africa am the manager Audit & Accounts dept.
in the African Development Bank(ADB). I discovered existing dormant
account for 7 years. When I discovered that there had been neither
continuation nor withdrawals from this account for this long period
and according to the laws and constitution guiding this banking
institution, any unserviceable account for more than (7) seven years,
that fund will be transferred to national treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our
late customer was a foreigner and a burkinabe cannot stand as next of
kin to a foreigner.Because of the static of this transaction I want
you to stand as the next of kin so that our bank will accord you the
recognition and have the fund transferred to your account.

I have made personal inquiries about the depositor and his next of kin
but sadly, the depositor and his next of kin died on their way to
business tycoon, and he left no body behind for this claim I only made
this investigation just to be double sure of this fact and since I
have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I can not directly
take out this money without the help of a foreigner and that is why I
am contacting you for an assistance to claim the funds and share it
with me. I am seeking your co -operation to present you as the next of
kin to the account.I am about to retire from active Bank service to
start a new life but I am sceptical 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 The
bank is anxious now to know who is the beneficiary to the funds
because they have made a lot of profits with the funds.

There is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and i
from any breach of law. I seek your concern for further information.

Amount to claim $10.5million U.S.D
Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project? .....
2. Can I give you this trust?........

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will give you the full details on
how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40%
of the above mentioned sum as your own share while 50% will be for me,
and 10% Will be mapped out for balances of all expenses we are going
to incur at the cost of inheriting the fund.

I am expecting your urgent response to enable me inform you on how the
business will be executed. Please I would like you to keep this
transaction confidential and as a top secret or delete if you are not
interested,

My Regards to your family,
Thanks.
Mr.Bello.

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