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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: Ali Billah <ali_billah@sify.com>
Reply-To: mr.alibillah96@live.fr
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:48:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED./PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL.


Dear Friend,
 
I am writing you this letter with due respect and much sincerity of this purpose as I believed that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Mr. Ali Billah I am a citizen of Republic of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Presently I work in the BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE AFRIQUE DE OUEST (BCEAO) Burkina Faso as the Chief Auditor In-Charge of Foreign operations department please see bank website for confirmations ;(http://www.bceao.int ). I have been searching for your contact since you left my country some years back. I do not know whether this is your correct email address or not because I only used your name to search for your contact. In case you are not the right person I send this letter to, please see this as a confidential message and do not reveal this secret  to another person, but if you are the intended receiver do let me know whether you can assist me regarding my proposal below because it is top secret. I am about to retire as an active
Banker to start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal this particular secret to you. You must assure me that you will keep this secret and handle this transaction confidentially as this will bring success to our both families.
 
It has been 10 years most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder and steal money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the fund the African politicians transferred out of the shores of Africa was gold and crude oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transfer 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 during the previous huge transfers they made in the past years and when I discovered that the politicians were using me to achieve their greedy selfish 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 and to note the total funds. They laundered and steal over (USD$2billion) Two Billion Dollars during the process, as I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert  Twenty two  Million, Three  Hundred  Thousand  United States  Dollars (USD$22.3million) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the bank, my bank have made a lot of profits with the fund and now my bank is anxious to know who the beneficiary to the fund Twenty two  Million, Three  Hundred  Thousand  United States  Dollars (USD$22.3million) which I diverted and It is more than Eight years now most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds out to overseas.
 
The Twenty two  Million, Three  Hundred  Thousand  United States  Dollars (USD$22.3million)  is laying waste right now in our bank and I don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the fund out from the bank to a foreigner’s account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver, that is why I contacted you for us to make best use of this great opportunity work as a team and pull out  the Twenty two  Million, Three  Hundred  Thousand  United States  Dollars (USD$22.3million) out from my bank, after the transfer we will share the total money 60% for me and 40% for you. There will be no one coming to ask you about the fund after the transfer because I have secured everything, I only want you to stand firmly and confidently as a CONTRACTOR / SUPPLIER provide your bank account where the fund will be transferred into. You will not face any difficulties or legal implications because based on my plans the fund  will be
released to you as your payments for the supply of buildings, roads and bridges materials which you supplied to the Government of Burkina Faso some years ago; I am going to handle the transfer personally and perfectly, i will obtain all the legitimatise documents in your name  from the concerned ministries here in Burkina Faso  and see that everything works out as planned, If you are capable of receiving the funds let me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on how we will carry out the steps.
 
You must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid leakages I am the only one who knows that the account exists in nobody's name, no one else in the bank knows the secret of the fund. Please reply me urgently to this my privet Email (mr.alibillah96@live.fr)  and as soon as I get your positive response and acceptance to work with me I will  give you  all the  necessary  information’s and let you know the steps we will take.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Ali Billah.  
 
 
 

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