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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: us.kabore27@laposte.net
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:43:56 +0100
Subject: My Dear Friend


My Dear Friend,

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and Iurge you to treat it serious. This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but Ibelieve it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners.Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize for bargingthis message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency andconfidentiality of this business and I know that this message will come to you as asurprise. 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 withyou as I believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Mr. Usman Kaborefrom Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i work in AfricaDevelopment Bank (ADB) as telex manager. I have been searching for your contact since youleft our country some years ago. I do not know whether this is your correct email addressor not because I only used your name initials to search for your contact. In case you arenot the person I am supposed to contact, please see this as a confidential message and donot reveal it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let me knowwhether 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 skepticalto reveal this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everything willbe handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life. It has been10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder moneyoverseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which theytransferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that was supposed to havebeen used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amountsbefore transferring to foreign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to divert part ofthe funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred asall the accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer. I acted as theBank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me tosucceed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bankfiles and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to control. Theylaundered over $5billion Dollars during the process.

Before I send this message to you,I have already diverted Twenty two Million Five HundredThousand US dollars ($22.5million) 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 havemade a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than Eight years now and most of thepoliticians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The twenty twomillion five Hundred thousand US dollars ($22.5million) has been laying waste in our bankand I don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreignaccount to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver (a foreigner). The money willbe shared 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no one coming to ask you about the fundsbecause I secured everything. I only want you to assist me by providing a reliable bankaccount where the funds can be transferred.

You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle thetransfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me knowimmediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do. For me, I havenot stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the whole money didnot face any problems. This is my chance to grab my own life opportunity but you mustkeep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the bank knowsabout the my plans.

Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this project, I shallintimate you on what to do when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you arecapable of being my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me. I am lookingforward to hear from you immediately for further information.

Thanks with my best regards.Mr. Usman Kabore.


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