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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. Luis Fernando" <drpatrickabubaka.law@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rnandluise552@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 02:15:14 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

Hello,


Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it seriously. This letter must
come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners. I must
apologize for barging this message into your mailbox without any
formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this
business and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise.


Please this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it OK,
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. My name is Mr. Luise Fernand. from Burkina Faso, West Africa.
I work in Society Genera Burkina Faso (SG;BF) as telex manager, please
see this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another
person and 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 Banking 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 transferring 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 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 $5billion Dollars during the process.

Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted
($10.5million Dollars) 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 Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using
our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($10.5million Dollars) has
been laying waste in our bank and I don’t want to retire from the bank
without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share
the proceeds with the receiver (a foreigner). 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 reliable 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 to give
you detailed information on what to do. For me, I have not stolen the
money from anyone because the other people that took the whole money
did not face any problems. This is my chance to grab my own life
opportunity but you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid
any


leakages as no one in the bank knows about my plans. Please get back
to me if you are interested and capable of handling this project, 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. I am


looking forward to hearing from you immediately for further information.
Thanks with all my best regards.
Mr. Luis Fernand,
Telex Manager
Society General Burkina Faso (SG.BF)

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