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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. Rizwan Aayan" <williamsraymond0003@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rizwanaayan4@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 05:35:05 -0700
Subject: Dear friend,

Dear Partner,

I am Mr.Rizwan Aayan,the chief operating financial officerin Bukina
Faso West Africa. I know you will receive this email with a sense of
surprise but you don't have to worry about anything.I have decided to
contact you for a transaction that will be very beneficial to both of
us once completed.

There is a large amount of money lying dormant in many accounts with
our bank, deposited by the late president Muammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya
who died in 20011.This money was deposited in our bank by the late
President Muammar Al-Gaddafi as aid to orphanages and for the
promotion of Islam in the world, but he died without approving it to
any person or organization.These funds have been dormant in this
account with our bank till now, and our bank management in
colaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)has
just decided to give out this fund as long term loans to investors
with good projects for financing,in line with what president Gaddafi
deposited the fund for.I and the director general of our bank have
decided to benefit from this opportunity by approving the loans to
applicants of our choice, so that we can put in place a plan that can
be profitable to you and us.

This money amounts to the total sum of(US$35Million United states
Dollars) in different accounts, and will be approved to applicants in
different amounts depending on the applicant's project for financing.I
got your contact on the internet and your email profile impressed me,
so I hope that you would be able to handle this transaction without
any problems?In the meantime, we have already prepared grounds for
your loan application to be approved and for the fund to be
transferred into any bank account of your choice.

I will draft the loan application and forward it to you, as soon as
you have expressed your interest in doing this business with us and to
personally benefit from this great opportunity.I work in this bank,
that is the real reason why my bank director and I contacted you as an
associate so that you can send your loan application to our bank, for
this fund to be transferred to you as our financing project for
development, without any traces coming back to us.Upon the conclusion
of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total amount
as satisfaction and the remaining 60% will be for the director general
and I.

I will monitor the whole situation here at the bank until you confirm
that the money has been received in your account and you ask me to
join you in your country for the sharing of the funds according to the
percentages previously indicated.I intend to make investments in your
country, so you can give me advice in this regard and give me any
necessary information on investment in your country.

Please inform me as soon as possible of your wish to do this business
with us on the basis of trust.For the success of this operation, you
should keep strictly confidential what I have just confided in you.
Only this condition can allow us to achieve total success.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

My distinguished greetings.

Mr.Rizwan Aayan.
Chief Operating Financial Officer,

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