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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: Thomas Pare <tom.pare@voila.fr>
Reply-To: tompare@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:56:23 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Opportunity


Opportunity










 










From: Mr.Thomas Paré.










Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.





















Hello,





















I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust
worthy person to entrust this huge project with. My name is Mr.Thomas
Paré., Director, Accounts and Auditing Department of a financial
institution here in Burkina Faso. With due respect, I have decided to
contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of
us.





















At the bank's last accounts/auditing evaluations, I came across an old
account which was being maintained by a foreign client who we learnt was
among the deceased passengers of an air crash on August 1997 he died
along with his supposed heirs. The account has remained dormant since it
was put in a safe deposit account in the bank for future investment by
the client.





















Since his demise, no one has applied for claims over this fund and it
has been in the safe deposit account until I discovered that it cannot
be claimed since our client is a foreign national and we are sure that
he has no next of kin here to file claims over the money. As the
director of the department, I decided to seek ways through which to
transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too.





















The client was a foreign national and you will only be asked to act as
his business partner and I will supply you with all the necessary
information and bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this
money to any bank of your choice where this money could be transferred
into.





















As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
due to civil service code which does not allow civil servants from owing
or operating foreign currency account coupled with the fact that the
fund is huge thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to
receive this money into your bank account on my behalf





















I intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 60% shall be for me. I do
need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.
It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to
stand as the original business partner to the owner of this fund so that
the fund can be legally processed to your name and be transferred to
your account. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely
response and expect the following data from you.





















1. Your Name.      





















2. Your Nationality.





















3. Cell Phone Number.   





















4. Age and Occupation.      





















With Regards,
































Mr.Thomas Paré.

























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