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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: KEVIN ODURI <kevinoduri@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:45:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THESE ARE THE DETAILS


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Greetings: I received your message. I want you to know that, this is your time and opportunity to be rich. So, let us handle this great opportunity with one mind without any delay. I want to inform you that also, this transaction is not a child's play and is considered as part of my prospective achievement in life as a banker haven worked for years without concrete evidence of my achievement in the banking industry and thus, must be given all the vital attention that will make it to work for our corporate interest to be achieved.

And this transaction needs no delay. This transaction is real and legal, I have been looking for someone to deal with but because of the nature that people are not much trust again so I decided to fast and pray to God to direct me to the right person, at the end of my pray I was direct to you, and with the trust of God I strongly believe that you will not betray the trust and confidence I reposed in you as soon as the money get into your account in your country before i come over to meet you and invest under your care and control.

Below is more data information covering this transaction and should be vigorously studied. The data information of this transaction is given for your understanding of the detail account of the Fund deposited by DR.GEORGE WASHINGTON BRUMLEY before he died in a KENYA plane crash with his family .The members of his family who died with him including his In-laws are as follows;

Dr George Brumley, 68 years been the depositor of the fund, His wife, Jean, 67; three of their children, George III, daughters Lois and Beth; George's wife, Julia, and two children, George IV and Jordan; Lois's husband, Richard Murrell, and their son, Alex, 11, and Beth's husband, William Love, and their daughter, Sarah, 12.

You can still see again the website covering the death; http://www.wral.com/news/2345844/detail.html

" ACCOUNT INFORMATION"

NAME..........................................DR. GOERGE W. BRUMLEY
AMOUNT DEPOSITED..................... U.S $15 MILLION
TYPE OF ACCOUNT OPERATED........CURRENTACCOUNT
ACCOUNT NUMBER..........................18463464711.
STATE OF ORIGIN...............................ATLANTA
NATIONALITY........................................AMERICAN
MARITAL STATUS.........MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
AGE........................................................68years
HIEGHT.....................................................1.72M
SEX...........................................................MALE
RELIGION...................................................CHRISTAINITY
QUALIFICATION..........................................DOCTOR.
BUSINESS IN AFRICA.......CONTTACTOR WITH THE
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES(ECOWAS)

In the bank form for next of kin, George Before his death filled his wife JEAN BRUMLEY as his next of kin but unfortunately, the wife died with him along others and therefore, there is nobody left behind to claim the fund of Dr. George Brumley as his next of kin that was why I contacted you and proposed it as a deal between us.

After studying the Data information above, What I want you to do will be to provide an account where this fund can be transferred for us and also send a application to the bank for the claiming of the said fund pretending before the bank through writing that you are the next of kin to the late Dr George Brumley as I directed you in the application form. So the bank can accord you the recognition and have the fund transferred into your account for us to share as I told you on percentage levels. I want you to know that, if you are willing, it will not be hard for both of us to move the fund into your bank account.

I shall provide you with all available information that can enable you claim the fund for two of us whenever the bank needs more information from you in relation of the deposited fund. With my position in this bank, you have not problem in this transaction. We will make it if you can not betray me when the fund get into your account. I want you to keep the secret of this transaction and do not discuss it with anybody for the security of the fund.

Finally, don't forget that I am here to back you up and as such, you should not be afraid but to bring good ideas that will help us to get this fund into your account successfully. I will be waiting for your urgent call 00266 76 66 59 65 while you get a trust account where the fund will be transferred to.

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as you send the application to the bank. If you have any question to ask me, please call 00226 76665965 and I will clear it to you.

REGARDS
DR.KEVIN


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