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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: "amanda kazim" <amanda_kazim9@alexandria.cc>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:13:57 GMT
Subject: Trusting to hear from you immediately.

FROM THE DESK OF AMANDA KAZIM.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK-ADB ANNEX
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
PHONE
PLEASE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED CONTACT ME IN MY PRIVATE EMAIL.

Dear friend,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of African Development Bank (ADB). In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum of $ 30m US dollars ( thirty million, US dollars) . In an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family
in November 1999 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed
next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I
and other officials in my department now decided to make this business proposal
to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for
it and we dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed
Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for ;me and my colleagues.
There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate
transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank
as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your
bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted
.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of
fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer .
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
 
Yours faithfully,
AMANDA KAZIM.
Bill and exchange manager,
African Development Bank (ADB)
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