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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. Raymond Ihyembe" <rayihyembe@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: raymondihyembe@bankofnorth.com
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:36:18 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED

Mr. Raymond Ihyembe
Bank Of The North Limited
18 Creek Road, P.O.Box 5436.
Apapa Branch, Apapa, Lagos.
Website: www.bankofnorth.com

Dear Friend,

How are you and things in general? hope fine, I must
solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and
top secret.

Let me start by first, introducing myself properly to
you. I am Mr. Raymond Ihyembe, a Executive Branch Director
(Regional Branch Director) of Bank Of The North Limited,
Lagos. I seek your assitances in this transaction which
will be profitable to both of us at the end, I contacted
you in regards of a late client which hail from your
country, bear your last name(Surname) and used to work
with the shell development company in cross river state.

It came to my notice on the 06th May, 2002, that our
client, his wife and their only daughter were involved
in a Local Plane Crash at Kano State, which en route from
sokoto to Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria) link below
for refrence, banked with us here at the Bank Of The North
Limited, Lagos, had a closing balance of $18,420M
(Eigthteen Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably
expects to be claimed by any of his available foreign next
of kin or relation before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Board of Director, and it will be
accredited to the federal government treasury account
before the next 14 working days.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm

Fervent valuable efforts are being made by the Bank Of
The North to get in touch with any of our late client
next of kin/ Beneficiary to inherit his funds with the
bank, For the fact that we have been unsuccessful in
locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek the
consent to present you as the next of kin/ beneficiary
of our late client funds with the bank

I will want you to know that we have concluded to a
agreement that 25% of the money will be for you, 70%
will be for me and my other colleague and 5% will be to
insure our expense which we made in transacting this
business, If you are interested, please send to me your
information as listed below to my contact email address
above.

Your Full Name
Contact Address
Telephone
Fax Number(if any)
Occupation & Age

As soon as, I receive these information. I will inform you
the modalities of this transaction, and I assure you that
this transaction is genuine, real and legal because I will
not want you to have any form of doubt or fear but
confidence in this transaction

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Raymond Ihyembe


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