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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" <raqabz88@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmohammadzraqab099@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 16:43:29 +0000
Subject: I am waiting for your reply.


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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