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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: Mr Usman Mushi <kipkalysadia11@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:39:47 -0500
Subject: Waiting for your urgent response.



Dear 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 Mr.UsmanMushi, from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i workin the African development Bank as telex manager. I have been searching foryour contact since you left our 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 case you are not the person I amsupposed to contact, please see this as a confidential message and do notreveal it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let meknow whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it istop secret.

I am aboutto retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am sceptical toreveal this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everythingwill be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again inlife.

It has been10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank tolaunder money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most ofthe funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oilmoney that was 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 ofhow much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were beingclosed 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. They laundered over $5b Dollars duringthe process .As I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert thirtyfive million united state dollars ($35m) to an escrow account belonging to noone in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to thefunds is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds.

It is morethan Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bankto transfer funds overseas. The ($35) Million Dollars has been laying waste butI don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to aforeign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The moneywill be shared 60% for me and 40% for you.There is no one coming to ask youabout the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me byproviding a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not toface any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle thetransfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me knowimmediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do.

For me, I havenot stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the wholemoney did not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my own but youmust keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one inthe bank knows about the funds. Please get back to me if you are interested andcapable to handle this project I shall intimate you on what to do when I hearfrom your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of being my trustedassociate, do declare your consent to me.waiting to hear from you through myprivate email address,( usmanmushi2018@gmail.com)

Waiting foryour urgent response.
YoursFaithfully,
Mr.UsmanMushi
Dear 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 Mr.UsmanMushi, from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i workin the African development Bank as telex manager. I have been searching foryour contact since you left our 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 case you are not the person I amsupposed to contact, please see this as a confidential message and do notreveal it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let meknow whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it istop secret.

I am aboutto retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am sceptical toreveal this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everythingwill be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again inlife.

It has been10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank tolaunder money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most ofthe funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oilmoney that was 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 ofhow much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were beingclosed 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. They laundered over $5b Dollars duringthe process .As I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert thirtyfive million united state dollars ($35m) to an escrow account belonging to noone in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to thefunds is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds.

It is morethan Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bankto transfer funds overseas. The ($35) Million Dollars has been laying waste butI don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to aforeign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The moneywill be shared 60% for me and 40% for you.There is no one coming to ask youabout the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me byproviding a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not toface any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle thetransfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me knowimmediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do.

For me, Ihave not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took thewhole money did not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my ownbut you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as noone in the bank knows about the funds. Please get back to me if you areinterested and capable to handle this project I shall intimate you on what todo when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable ofbeing my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me.waiting to hear fromyou through my private email address,( usmanmushi2018@gmail.com)

Waiting foryour urgent response.
YoursFaithfully,
Mr.UsmanMushi
Dear 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 Mr.UsmanMushi, from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i workin the African development Bank as telex manager. I have been searching foryour contact since you left our 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 case you are not the person I amsupposed to contact, please see this as a confidential message and do notreveal it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let meknow whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it istop secret.

I am aboutto retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am sceptical toreveal this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everythingwill be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again inlife.

It has been10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank tolaunder money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most ofthe funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oilmoney that was 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 ofhow much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were beingclosed 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. They laundered over $5b Dollars duringthe process .As I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert thirtyfive million united state dollars ($35m) to an escrow account belonging to noone in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to thefunds is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds.

It is morethan Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bankto transfer funds overseas. The ($35) Million Dollars has been laying waste butI don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to aforeign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The moneywill be shared 60% for me and 40% for you.There is no one coming to ask youabout the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me byproviding a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not toface any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle thetransfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me knowimmediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do.

For me, Ihave not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took thewhole money did not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my ownbut you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as noone in the bank knows about the funds. Please get back to me if you areinterested and capable to handle this project I shall intimate you on what todo when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable ofbeing my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me.waiting to hear fromyou through my private email address,( usmanmushi2018@gmail.com)

Waiting foryour urgent response.
YoursFaithfully,
Mr.UsmanMushi


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