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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:48:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT TRUST NEEDED.


Attn,
I am Smith Kujor a citizen eastern state of Togo in west Africa, I am 40years of age with three children, now living in Cotonou Republic of Benin West Africa, I worked with one of the biggest{ Bureau de exchange} name Alkali group of companies owned by a Mr. Kamal Din who is residing in Riyadh state in Saudi Arabia before is death earlier this year 2008.

As the stock keeper of company I was on duty when there is a fire problem in my office. and a I rush down to second floor where their is a trunk of box of money that contains the sum of (25.5millonUSD) that my office want to transfer to our correspondent office in Belgium to escape the box so that it would not burnt together with the office and nobody saw me and still yet the fire continue till all the building burnt to collapse, so nobody aware that this money is in my possession they all believe that the money have burnt together with the building so no any trace of this money from my country in Togo.

After our office conclude their investigation on what may cause the fire problem, the management decided to sacked all the top officer in our company including me as a stock keeper, because we are all suspected but there is know trace of this money,

In conclusion I have transfer the box through diplomatic immunity to keep in the VAULTS in my neighboring country in Cotonou West Africa so that nobody from my country in Togo we know my secret in future, that is why I move all my family to stay here in Cotonou for my own security and for the final transfer of the money to oversea.
More so the security and vaults where I kept this trunk box did not aware that the content of the box is money, what I told them for security reason that is inside the box is JEWELRIES & COSTUMES materials.

Furthermore, the only assistant I need is a reliable and honest foreign partner from oversea that can be able to come down to Cotonou in republic of Benin in west Africa to receive the box of the money together with me from security vaults as the beneficiary so that we can open a transit account /domiciliary with ECO BANK in Cotonou in your name and deposited this money by cash and you will be the signatory to the account before onward transfer to your nominated account in your country that is why your present here in cotonou west Africa is paramount important.

I will offer you 30% from the total amount of (25.5millon USD) for your assistance to come to west Africa in Cotonou republic of Benin a French colonial country and act as a the beneficiary of the fund for final transaction

60% will be my own share and while the remaining 10% for any expenses that may be incurred during the transferring of this fund. So this is a risk free transaction, is not a drug money or government money it's a divine gift from God in my former office. If you are interested as a foreign body kindly forward to me your full information as follows;

{1} Your full home /offic{2} Your direct telephone/fax number
{3} Your scan copy of your international passport or driving license.

All this information is needed to secure your identity card from the Security &Vault Company in Cotonou in republic of Benin in West Africa where this fund was kept as the owner.
Immediately I hear from you I will forward the certificate of deposit of this trunk box to you for assurance with the series of the picture of myself and my late boss during my services with the office and aswell my family pitcrue as proof so that you will have rest of mind that you are dealing with a responsible calibar a catholic family,

Regards,

Smith Kujor

+299 97 08 69 51

NB, THIS TRANSACTION IS FREE FROM ALL PROBLEM , NOT GOVERERMENT MONEY, NOT DRUG MONEY , NOT BANK OR MINSTIRY MONEY OR ANY CONTRACT FUND NOT LOTTERY MONEY , THIS IS A DIVINE GIFT FROM GOD AND DOESNT NOT INVOLVE ANY UPFRONT PAYMENT




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