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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: mrharji karom <mrharjikarom2011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrharjikarom2010@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:27:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: READ WELL AND GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY.




































READ WELL AND GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY.

 

Dear
Friend,                       





























































































Greeting's to you and your entire family, I
am MR HARJI KAROM, a banker with the above mentioned bank in Ouagadougou Burkina
Faso in West Africa, holding the post of the Audit & Accounts dept. On July,
31, 2000, one Mr. Andreas Shranner a German National, An Astute Business man of
international repute, a contract with ecowas country, whose endeavours spans
various areas of Business interest, (Real estate, contract and Farming .etc)
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at $11.5.M (Eleven Million Five
Hundred thousand United states Dollars)  in my Bank Branch.

 
Upon
Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
company that Mr. Andreas Shranner. Was aboard the plane, which crashed July, 31
2000 After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making
a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless. On further
investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Andreas Shranner, did not declare
any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paper work here in our Bank. The total sum, $11..5M is still in my bank
and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. All efforts to trace and locate his next of kin proved
abortive.
 
In accordance with the country's banking laws and constitution
guiding this banking institution stated that  after  the expiration of 5 years,
if no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin , such  money will
be revert to the Burkina Faso government  treasury if nobody applies as the next
of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this respect, I seek to
present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr.
Andreas Shranner, since no one will come up for the claim.
 
Upon
acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail a text of an
application which you will fill and send to the bank" as well as detailed
information on how this business would be carried out. And you will be in
position of 40%afterer the deal is done 5% will be shared to charitable
organizations, motherless babies home, disable and helpless ones both in our
countries as the balance of 55% will be for me, I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law, as I will use my position in the Bank's here to perfect this business
transaction & secure Approvals and guarantee the successful execution of
this transaction.
 
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is
required. If this interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of
this Transaction at hand whatever your decision is. I await your urgent
response, and fill those question below to enable us proceed this business
onward.
 
Your Full Name..........................
Your
Sex.................................
Your
Age.................................
Your
Country..............................
Your Pass or
Photo......................
Your Occupation..........................
Your
Personal Mobile Number.........
 
As soon as i receive your positive
respond i will send you the text of application which you will use to apply in
my bank as next of kin.
 
Thanks.
Yours
Faithfully




MR HARJI
KAROM 

My private Email Address
(mrharjikarom2010@gmail.com) 





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