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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: david_fernandez01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 03:25:27 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GREETINGS?=

FROM:DR.DAVID FERNANDEZ.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA).
COTONOU REP DU BENIN,
WEST AFRICA.
Tel:+229-20-76-19.
Email:d_fernandez50@yahoo.com

Attn:-DEAR .
URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
How are you my dear? I know you may be surprised to receive
this letter,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign
remittance department
of bank OF Africa (BOA), I got your contact through the
Burkina-Faso Traders
and Business Information services. They assured me of your
capability and
reliability to champion this businees opportunity.
In my departmentn i discovered an abandoned sum of TWENTY
TWO MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($22.3m), 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 businness 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 treasuries account as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such
money remained
unclamed after Six years, the money will be transfered into
the Bank treasuries
account 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's account.
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
incured during the business and 60% would be for me and my
colleagues.
There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for
disbursement
accoding to the percentages indicated, Therefore to enable
the immediate
trnansfer 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 100% 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 through my
private number:+229-20-76-19 as soon as you receive this letter for more
explanation.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully
Dr.David Fernandez,
Bill and exchange manager
Bank of africa BOA.
WEST AFRICA.Please reply also to:
d_fernandez50@yahoo.com



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