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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: "Mr,Daniel Sankoh" <Jos@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: daniel2005sankoh@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:10:07 +0100
Subject: l Need Your Assistance.

ACCOUNTING OFFICER,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA DAKAR SENEGAL .

All the pleasure is mine to write this message to you in order to request your invaluable partnership for the realization of a very important transaction which must be treated with great discretion.
I ask of you from this very begining to excuses me for all the inconveniences which my mail may cause you; all the same though we do not know each other personally and we have never meet before. I believe firmly that a true confidence can be born from our communication and thus support a true partnership between you and I.

I am audit manager, in foreign accounts department here in Bank of Africa dakar senegal ; I have been working in this banking institution for the past 14 years.

It was during my investigation in the bank I discover that the deceased customer Deposited the sum of $9,850,000 dollar (Nine Million Eight Hundred An Fifty Thousand Dollars) and I notice in the file that during the deposition of this money with the Bank he did not indicate his next of kin to the board of directors in his Paper work with the bank of Africa here in Dakar Senegal, west Africa.

After all intensive routing Investigation I find out that no body has ever come to put claim over the released of this money, it is upon this I am now seizing the privilege and opportunity to contact you as to apply to the bank as a business associate to the deceased customer Mr Martin J. Hillenbrand.

As a foreign partner, which this money will be transfer into your account, you Are entitle to 40% of the total money why 55% will be for me as the moderator of this transaction and 5% is been mapped out for measeallanouse expenditure that may be incur during the course of this transaction

PROFILES OF THE DECEASED CUSTOMER
Mr Martin J. Hillenbrand.

The late customer Martin J. Hillenbrand he death on Friday July 5, 2005
place of death---------- Commemorative Centre of Cancer of a Crisis Cardiac
State Of Georgia .


Appointee: Foreign Service officer.
Title: ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Appointment: May 1, 1972 and Presentation of Credentials: Jun 27, 1972 Termination of Mission : Left post, Oct 18, 1976.

The Late Ambassador became a Businesses tycoon in his Country and here in France and here in dakar Senegal .


I will urge you to go through this proposal properly and let me know if you are willing to accord me this assistance for us to achieved this golden opportunity for the betterment of our life, I also want to let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free there is nothing for you to be afraid off, all loopholes have been properly taking care before contacting you.

Anxiously waiting for your prompt response.
Yours faithfully
Mr,Daniel Sankoh


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