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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. Ahmed Abdoul Compoare" <dr.ahmedcompoare24@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.ahmedcompore1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 16:57:09 -0700
Subject: RE.THIS IS URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSSAL.

Greeting My Good Friend.


With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, Please
take your time and read this Message, I make this contact with you as
I believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Dr.
Ahmed Abdoul Compoare, from Ouagadougou, Republic of BURKINA FASO West
Africa Presently I work in the African development Bank as telex
manager. I have been searching for your contact since you left our
country some years ago.I do not know whether this is your correct
email address or not because I only used your name initials to search
for your contact. In case you are not the person I am supposed to
contact, please see this as a confidential message and do not reveal
it to another person but if you are not the intended receiver, do let
me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below
because it is top secret.


I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but
I am sceptical to reveal this particular secret to a stranger. You
must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because
we are not going to suffer again in life. It has been 10 years now
that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder
money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of
the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold
and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the
continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before
transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert
part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of
how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers
were being closed after transfer.


I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I
discovered that they were using me to succeed in their greedy act; I
also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank files and no
one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to
control. They laundered over $12billion Dollars during the process. As
I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert thirty five
million United state dollars ($15.5m) to an escrow account belonging
to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the
beneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits
with the funds.


It is more than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no
longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($15.5) Million
Dollars has been LAYING waste but I don’t want to retire from the bank
without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share
the proceeds with the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for me
and 40% for you.There is no one coming to ask you about the funds
because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me by
providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are
not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to
handle the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the
funds, do let me know immediately to enable me to give you DETAILED
information on what to do. For me, I have not stolen the money from
anyone because the other people that took the whole money did not face
any problems. This is my chance also to grab my own but you must keep
the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the
bank knows about the funds.


Please get back to me if you are interested and capable of handling
this project I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your
confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted
associate, do declare your Intention to me.


Please Get Back to me Immediately, (dr.ahmedcompore1@gmail.com)
Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Ahmed Abdoul Compoare.

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