419 scam: "Mrs. Lala Moulaye" <francoiscompaore@outlook.com> Your Attention Is Needed Sir/Madam

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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 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)
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- lalamoulaye@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Lala Moulaye" <francoiscompaore@outlook.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Lala Moulaye" <lalamoulaye@financier.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 11:56:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Your Attention Is Needed Sir/Madam

Dear Friend

it will look like trust and confidence that i proposed this business proposal transaction to you. i was assigned by one of my colleague to seek for a foreign business associates partner that whom will assist us in providing foreign bank account in any nominated bank in abroad for the wire remittance transfer sum of US$42,500,000.00 pending on our arrival in your country for utilization and disbursement among and us the executioner and the prime owner of the said bank account.

This said sum comes at the results from a deliberate inflation of the value of a contract awarded by our Minister of Ministry of Works and Infrastructures to an expatriate company. The contract has been executed and payment made to the original contractor, now remaining the over-invoice amount of US$42,500.00 million, IN which we want to transfer the funds out the country to your nominated bank account in your country. This said transfer of this funds can only be possible with the help of a foreigner whom we will presented as the beneficiary of the funds.

As high ranking government officials, we are not allowed to operate an foreign bank account and this is the reason why we decided to seek for your assistant, we here has agreed that if you or your company can be front to stand as the beneficiary of this said funds, we will compensate you with 25% of the total sum, while also we will set aside 5% will be set aside any contingency fees we may incur on the process of transferring of the said funds into your bank account.

We hereby solicit for your assistance in providing us with your said bank account details in order to perfect the wire remittance transfer here and also both of us here intend coming over to your country after the completion of this wire transfer here and we do hope that you will not betray us as we are going to give you every proof documents has regarding the transaction here and all arrangement have been place on pipe line for the execution when once we hear favorable and to inform you that this transaction needed or classify highly confidentiality and secrecy no other third party involvement except will be directed by you.

Please be rest assure that this transaction is 100% risk free. If this proposal is acceptable to
you, indicate your interest or your willingness to be a partaker by sending an email, including your bank account details, address, telephone and fax numbers. Please take note that your particular nature of your company's business is irrelevant to this
transaction.

NB: Very important, please send your reply to this my direct email address: lalamoulaye@financier.com

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Lala MOULAYE

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