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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: Olivier N'guessan <ngolivierr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ngoliviier@aol.fr
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:29:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From:Mr.Olivier N'guessan.



From:Mr.Olivier N'guessan.

Abidjan.

Cote D'Ivoire.



Dear Friend,

Please, kindly take your time to understand the content of this email. I wish to introduce you to a transaction that would be of immense benefit to both of us.I am Mr. Olivier N'guessan. I work as the head of the Accounts/Operations Department of a Prime bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire. I have an urgent and very confidential business proposal for you. I am writing to ask for your cooperation to enable both of us take advantage of a good opportunity that is at my disposal in my bank for investment purposes. I found your contact details on the internet while l was doing a search, so l decided to contact you to seek your cooperation.



Please before going any further, l want you to know that this proposal is a serious one and its not a joke. So l advice you to erase any doubt you might have about my proposal. My intention is genuine. I want you to give me your total support and l promise you will not regret doing so. On the 18th of August 1998, a Saudi Arabian Oil Consultant/ Contractor working with the Societe Ivoirienne De Raffinage (SIR), Mr. Al Saud Bandar, made a one year fixed deposit valued at US$7.500,000.00 (Seven Million,Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars)with my bank. After making the deposit, nobody saw or heard of Mr Al Saud Bandar again till date.



On investigation, it was discovered that Mr. Al Saud Bandar died in the ill fated Swissair Flight SR 111 plane crash in Sept.2, 1998 that killed all 229 passengers on board.On further investigation, I discovered that Mr. Al Saud Bandar did not leave any WILL and did not declare any Next of Kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work. This sum of US$7.500,000.00 is still floating in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. For almost 15 years now, no one has ever come forward to claim the fund.

I advise you to have a look at the crash website for confirmation:



http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/



According to the Ivoireinne finanacial Laws, at the expiration of 15(Fifteen) years, the account will be declared unserviceable and thereby sent to the Government treasury. That is what gave way to this deal. In view of this, l have decided to look for a foreign partner that can provide a foreign bank account for me to transfer the money to for investment purpose.This is the reason why l have contacted you. I want you to be my partner in this deal so that l can transfer the money to you for us to go into investment partnership. You will get 30% of the money for your cooperation. I will also take 30%,while the balance of 40% will be set aside for a joint investment in your country that will be owned by both of us.



As the account officer to Mr Al Saud Bandar, I seek your assistance in presenting you as the next of Kin to the deceased so that my bank can transfer this fund to you.Being the head of the accounts department, I will work out everything that will make the bank to beleive that you are the beneficiary of the fund. When the fund is finally transferred to your home account, I will come to your country to have my own share of the funds and for our joint investment. I want us to execute this transaction urgently because this fund might soon be passed on to the government if it is not claimed now. I want you to also know that all the Computer work to including your name as the beneficiary of the fund will be done by me before you can then contact the bank.



Please note that this is very confidential as I am still a staff with the bank here. I would not like to be known or mentioned as having any knowledge of the deal but I will be always available to direct you on what to do at any stage. I will give you a comprehensive detail on how we can handle this together when I hear from you.



To enable me carry out the first phase of this deal, which is adding your name to my bank,s data base as the next of kin to Mr Al Saud Bandar, you will have to provide me with the following information:



FULL NAME:



CONTACT ADDRESS:



OCCUPATION:



INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ANY ID CARD



TEL #:



FAX # (if any):





rgds.

Mr Olivier N'guessan

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