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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 Mohammad Z. Raqab" <aminarachidrachid29@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmohammadzraqab099@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 08:13:52 +0000
Subject: Hi !

I am waiting for your reply.

Greetings to you, please permit me to introduce myself, I came across
your e-mail prior to a private search while in need of your
assistance. My name is Mr Mohammad Z. Raqabi, from Burkina Faso, I
work in Bank Of Africa as Telex Manager, please see this as a
confidential message and do not reveal it to another person and 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 Banking service to start a new life
but I am skeptical 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 transferring 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 $5billion Dollars during the process.

Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted
($10.5million Dollars) 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, I don’t want to retire from the bank without
transferring the funds to a foreign account, I only want you to assist
me by providing a reliable bank account where the funds can be
transferred. 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 am assuring you that this transaction is 100% genuine and safe, 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 am looking forward to hearing
from you soon.

Thanks with my best regards.
Mr Mohammad Z. Raqab.

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