419 scam: s_salifou@aol.com Genuine business offer for you

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- sambo.salifou2012@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: s_salifou@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:50:51 -0400
Subject: Genuine business offer for you

I need your assistance to establish an company in yourcountry

Dear portential partner to be
I am Sambo Salifou, the federal auditor. For central bank, and also representingminor banks. I discovered the sum of five million, five hundred thousand usdollars in our bank, unclaimed, it was one of the funds launched in by thepolitical regime of our formal president who ran away November 2014, leavingthe country for interim government. This fund has been laying unclaimed till now,I have seized all documents concerning the fund and now I want to use it toestablish an industry outside my country like yours. So if you are interestedthen I will use your account to transfer the fund out for a joint business
establishment, I will also give you the 30% of the fund. With transparency andhonest, if you are interested pls reply me via ( sambo.salifou2012@gmail.com )

PLEASE ON STRICK INFORMATION REPLY ME TO THIS EMAIL ONLY:{sambo.salifou2012@gmail.com}

I will require fromyou the following details:-
(1) Your name in full.
(2) Your full residential address.
(3) Your occupation.
(4) Your City.
(5) Your Country of origin.
(6) Your Mobile phone.
(7) Your age.
(8) Your marital status.

Sincerely,
Sambo Salifou

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