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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: "Angus Samba" <a_samba1965@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: a_samba22@sify.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:21:35 +0000
Subject: I BELIEVED THAT WE CAN WORK THIS TOGETHER.

From: Mr. Angus Ndaba Samba.
Avenue Doumergue.BP-885,
Cotonuo, Republic of Benin.
Email:
a_samba11@sify.com
 
Dear Good friend.,
 
Its my pleasure to contact you on this life time bussiness opporutunity which i believed that it will benefit both of us at the end of the day.
 
Actually, this is one of the most painful moments in my life. Please do not regard this mail as spam mail to you. And also keep this information very secret and also please handle it discretely and contact me urgently if you can assist me in working out this transaction.
 
I am Mr. Angus Ndaba Samba, an International Legal Practitioner and a Consultant to Mr. Shouwkat Kahlil, a Lebanese citizen and Importer of Textiles and Automobiles, based in Cotonou, Republic of Benin here for the past twenty years.
 
Unfortunately, my client Mr Shouwkat Kahlil was one of the passengers that died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA chartered flight that took off from Cotonou, Republic of Benin and crashed into the Atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December 2003.
 
For details of the plane crash,please visit :http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
 
Before the untimely death of my client, he had through a security company here
in Cotonuo made a transfer of  US$21.3M to Europe and was to proceed to Europe
immediately after the christmas holiday to complete arrangements and have this money Deposited into ABN AMRO BANK but following the death of Mr Shouwkat Kahlil the money was returned back to Benin Republic since he died in the Crash and could not proceed to Europe / Netherlands to Claim the money.
 
The Security company where the funds was deposited has sent notice to me requesting that this funds should be claimed by the depositor (My Client) or his next of kin within 14 working days, else the fund will be forfeited to the state. But being that my client  (Mr. Shouwkat Kahlil) did not have any relative here, becuase from the information gotten about him, i was told that he had lost the wife and the two childrens he had and has been alone in this country doing his business.
 
I must confess to you that if I do not find a way to bring this fund out of the Finance Company, I will be doing the greatest injustice to my late friend and this is why I decided to contact you as the next of kin / business partner inorder for us to get this funds transfered to any account which you might provide either in your country or any other country you know that the money will be safe.
 
Actually, i knew that you might be wondering how i got your contact details, yes i got it through the database in the internet when i was searching  extensively  of a reliable  person who can stand in as a next of kin or his business partner who was supposed to receive the funds for investment in Europe.
 
I will once again assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and there is no risks involved at all as I am the only person who has access to my client's documents.
The Finance firm has just sent a reminder to my client through me, informing him of the maturity of his fund. And because of this i will like us to act immediately to get the funds transfered once all the documentation are through.
 
Your compensation for your assistance in securing the funds is subject to negotiations. Infact am considering 30% for you, 10% for any expenses that might incurre from both sides before the completion of the transfer while the remaining 60% will be for me and two of my colleague in my chambers.
 
As soon as you indicate your interest with all the details required for the documentations, I will move immediately  to obtain the all the legal documents from the  appropriate ministries here  to backup the claim, and i will also use my contact person in the finance firm to monitor the transaction.
 
I will wait for your urgent and positive response and needed to remind you that you need to keep this transaction secret even if you dont want to assist me.
 
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Angus N. Samba.
 

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