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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: Dr Bello Mustafa Ali <mrbelomustafa@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:19:53 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: FROM DR BELLO MUSTAFA ALI.


Dear Old Friend,

 

With duerespect 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 Dr BelloMustafa Ali, from Ouagadougou BURKINA FASO, West Africa Presently i work in theBank as telex manager. I have been searching for your contact since you leftour country some years ago.

 

I do notknow whether this is your correct email address or not because I only used yourname initials to search for your contact in the internet .In case you are notthe person I am supposed to contact, please see this as a confidential messageand do not reveal it to another person but if you are not the intendedreceiver, do let me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposalbelow because it is top secret. I am about to retire from active Bank serviceto start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal this particular secret to astranger.

 

You mustassure me that everything will be handing confidentially because we are notgoing to suffer again in life. It has been 10 years now that most of the greedyAfrican Politicians used our bank to launder money overseas through the help oftheir Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of theshores of Africa were gold and oil money thatwas supposed to have been used to develop the continent.

 

TheirPolitical advisers always inflated the amounts before transfer to foreignaccounts so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I amaware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred as all theaccounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer. I acted asthe Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that theywere using me to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of theirbanking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because themoney was too much for them to control.

 

Theylaundered over$5b Dollars during the process .As I am sending this message toyou; I was able to divert ($10.5M) to an escrow account belonging to no one inthe bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds isbecause they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than Eightyears now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transferfunds overseas. The ($10.5M) laying waste but I don't want to retire from thebank without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share theproceeds with the receiver.

 

The moneywill be shared 60% for me and 40% for you and 10% will be set aside forexpenses both of us might occur during the transaction.There is no one comingto ask you about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you toassist me by providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. Youare not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handlethe transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let meknow immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do. Forme, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that tookthe whole money did not face any problems.

 

This is mychance also to grab my own but you must keep the details of the funds secret toavoid leakages as no one in the bank knows about the funds. Please supply methe following: Your current contact address and Telephone Numbers. I shallintimate you on what to do when I get your confirmation and acceptance. If youare capable  of being my trustedassociate, do declare your Consent to me through this.

Best Regard’s

Dr Bello Mustafa Ali.  

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