419 scam: "Mr. Gnamba Yacouba Adama" <dryacadamaaa@gmail.com> URGENT ASSISTANT PLEASE!

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Gnamba Yacouba Adama" <dryacadamaaa@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 20:55:18 -0700
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANT PLEASE!

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Greetings,
Please permit me to introduce myself to you; I am Mr. Gnamba Yacouba
Adama, a native of Burkina- Faso in West Africa. I am the former (DG)
Director General operational department Ministry of Mines, Quarries
and Energy (MMCE), Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.
I and my family are currently under house arrest detention by the
current Military regime in power in my country; they have confiscated
my assets, please I need your urgent assistant to help me move a total
sum of $7,500,000,000 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)
and 56kg of gold bars to your country. I deposited them with a bank in
this company (CRESCENDO GROUP) which the government did not know about
it, the bank need someone I trusted to make a change of ownership of
the funds and the gold bars in his or her name as the owner of the
funds and the gold bars to enable the bank release the funds and gold
bars to you with delays.
This is 100% risk free as long as you are willing to assist me with
trust and transparency, you will keep %70 of the funds and the gold
bars safe for me, then you will have 30% for your assistant. Here is
my whatsapp number +226 665 55 461, or contact me through my SKYPE ID
(cid.5eead0a590ad7ec8)
Waiting your reply for more details.
Mr. Gnamba Yacouba Adama.

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