419 scam: "Mr. Sawadogo" <sawarcisse@gmail.com> PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Sawadogo" <sawarcisse@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sawarcisse@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:44:33 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Dear Friend,Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â How are you and your family? I hope you all are fine; itâ€™s just for my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for your sincere genuine assistance. Please permit me first to introduce my self clear to you.Â My name is Mr. SAWADOGO .R.CISSE; I am a banker by profession currently holding the post of Auditing Director in the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Â Â I discovered a left over funds worth $9,500,000:00(Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) belonging to one of our foreign customer, Late Mr. RAMOS PIRES SANCHEZ who died in an underground train crash since five years ago and none of his family member or relation has come for the claim, and now the bank is planning on how to confiscate the fund since no body is coming for the claim.Â He was among the victims of Tuesday 4th July 2006, the incident that befall the
Spanish. For more details, Please visit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ europe/5143738.stm).Â Please I need your honesty and sincerity to execute this transaction under your care for the benefit of our both families, because of this unclaimed fund transaction I want you to stand as the next of kin to the Late Mr. RAMOS PIRES SANCHEZ and apply to our bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to the late owner of the account.Â Â Hence, I am inviting you for the deal I will offer you 40% from the total amount mentioned above so if you are sure your capable to handle this transaction and ready to assist me to execute this business together and the claim is 100% risk free and any incidental expenses occur during the transfer will be incurred by both of us.Â Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested.Â For more clarifications please reply me back urgently only if you are interested in this
transaction.Â Thanks and my best regards.Mr. SAWADOGO .R. CISSE

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