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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: Abderazack Zebdani <zebdaniabderazack@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:42:24 -0700
Subject: Good Day.


Good Day.
Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize
for barging this message into your mail box without any formal
introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this business. My
name is Mr.Abderazack Zebdani, from Burkina Faso, West Africa. I work in
APEX BANK Bank Of Africa (BOA) 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 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 $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 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. If you are
capable of receiving the funds, do let me know to enable me give you a
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 to handle this project, I am looking forward to
hear from you immediately for further information.
Thanks with my best regards.
Mr.Abderazack Zebdani.
Telex Manager
APEX BANK,Bank Of Africa (BOA)
Burkina Faso.

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