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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: prince stanley <princestanleyadb4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: princestanleyafrdevbank1@walla.com
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:52:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: mail


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: princestanleyadb4@yahoo.com

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA(A.D.B)

FROM THE DESK OF :DR.PRINCE STANLEY.

LAGOS - NIGERIA.

RC.27199.

Private e-mail address:princestanleyafrdevbank@walla.com



Dear Sir,

STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am Dr PRINCE STANLEY., The manager, Bills and Exchange

at the Foreign Remittance Department of the A.D.B Bank

of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this letter to ask for

your support and cooperation to carry out this

business opportunity in my department. We discovered

an abandoned sum of $7,000,000M US DOLLARS (Seven

million United States Dollars only) in an account that

belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along

with his entire family of a wife and two children in

November 1999 in a Plane crash.


Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting

his next-of-kin to come over and put claims for his

money as the heir, because we cannot release the fund

from his account unless someone applies for claim

as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our

banking guidelines.


Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant

relative has everappeared to claim the said fund. Upon

this discovery, I and other officials in my department

have agreed to make business with you and

release the total amount into your account as the heir

of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he

maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund

will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed

fund.


We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as

stated thus;

20 % for you as foreign partner,

75 % for us the officials in my department and

5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign

expences incurred by us and you during the course of

this business.


Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and

one of my colleagues will come to your country and

mind our share. It is from our 75 % we intend to

import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a

way of recycling the fund.

To commence this transaction, we require you to

immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail

and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax

number full name and address and your designated bank

coordinates to enable us file letter of claim to the

appropriate departments for necessary approvals before

the transfer can be made.


Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY

CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature.


I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

DR. PRINCE STANLEY

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA(A.D.B).



- prince stanley


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