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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: henry_azizmoham@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:54:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TRANSACTION?=

Dear Friend,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have
not
yet
met. The message could be strange but real if you pay some attention to
I could
have notified you about it at least for the sake of your integrity.
Please accept my sincere apologies In bringing this message of goodwill
to you,
I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any
embarassment.

I am Mr. Henry AZIZ, Branch Manager, Equatorial Trust Bank (ETB). I
managed to get your contact details through the Internet myself. Time
is
of the
importance and I am desperately looking for a person to assist me in
this
confidential business.
A British oil consultant/contractor with the Togolese National
inestment
Corporation, Mr.Paul Philip Best made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit
on
January 6,2000,valued at US$52,500,000.00 (fiftytwo Million five Hundred

Thouand
Dollars)for twelve (12)calender months in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent
a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After
a
month,
we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers,
the
Togolese National Inestment Corporation that Mr.Paul Philip died from
an
automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a
WILL,
and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further
investigation and discovered that Mr.Paul Philip did not declare any
kin
or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork
in my Bank. This sum of US$52,500,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank
and
the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year.
No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Togolese Law,
at
the
expiration of 6 (six) years,the money will revert to the ownership of
the
Togolese Government if nobody applies to claim the fund as the deceased
kinship. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner
to
stand in as the next of kin to Mr.Paul Philip so that the fruits of
this
old
man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials.

This i s simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names
and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall
employ
the
service of two lawyers for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to
obtain
the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your
favour
for
the transfer.
A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of
60%
for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork
for
this
transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. P lease
observe
utmost
confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to
invest
my
share in your country.YOU DO NOT NEED TO SPEND ANY MONEY BEFORE THIS TRANSACTION
WILL BE COMPLETELY EXECUTED.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my email address.

NB: Please respond to my privae email :
henryazizmoham@yahoo.com
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Henry AZIZ





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