419 scam: Mr Alex Yacouba <alex.yacouba99@gmail.com> YOUR CO-OPERATION FOR THIS TRANSFER "(US$4.5M DOLLARS)...

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Alex Yacouba <alex.yacouba99@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mr Alex Yacouba <alex.yacouba13@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 18:03:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: YOUR CO-OPERATION FOR THIS TRANSFER "(US$4.5M DOLLARS)...

Â Good day,

Thanks you for reading my mail and I am contacting you concerning a customer and an abandoned huge amount of money placed under our banks management years ago, I contacted you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication and I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you and me and the family in future.

My name is Mr. Alex Yacouba, I am in the Auditing and Accounting Manager with Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. In my department i discovered an abandoned sum of (US$4.5M DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. RICHARD BURSON from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family on November 1999 in a plane crash. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim, and I don't want the money to go into the Reserve Bank of Burkina Faso (RBBF),

As an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I contacted you so that the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this transfer as a top secret between me and you alone ok. I promise you that i will direct you on how this transfer will go successfully if only you can abide to my Instruction. Upon receipt of your reply I will give you full details on how the business will be done. Kindly send me this information below to have trust in you that you would betrayed me after the success.

(1.)Your full name...
(2)Your address...
(3)Country..
(4)Age...
(5)Occupation...
(6)Private telephone number...

l will send you the details of this transaction as soon as i hear from you thanks, trusting to hear from you immediately with your contact information,

My regards.

Mr Alex Yacouba

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