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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Adnanali Muhammad" <mr.adnanali.muhammad289@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 16:16:55 -0700
Subject: Greetings


My name is Mr.Adana Muhammad, from Burkina Faso, West Africa. I work in
Société Générale Burkina Faso (SG;BF) 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 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 and
most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds
overseas. The ($10.5million Dollars) has been laying waste in our bank and
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 (a
foreigner). 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 reliable 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 to grab my own life opportunity but you must keep the details of
the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the bank knows about my
plans. 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 consent to me. I am looking forward hearing from
you immediately for further information.
Thanks best regards.
Mr, Adana.muhammad

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