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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: Neil Waudby <hassanbello1962@gmail.com>
Reply-To: neil_waudby2@aol.com
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 21:50:38 +0100
Subject: FROM NEIL

My Dear,

I am Mr. Neil Waudby. the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER of Continental
bank Benin here in Cotonou, Republic

of Benin. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$24.1m
dollars (TWENTY FOUR MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers from Munich, Germany

whose name is Andreas Schreinner as recorded in his file jacket with us
before he died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash,


Since the bank got information about his death, they have been expecting
his next of kin to come over and claim his money because it could not be
release unless his next of kin applies for it or relation to the deceased
customer as indicated in our banking guideline and laws but unfortunately
we learn that all his

supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you for you to come and stand as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased customer for safety and subsequent disbursement

since nobody is coming for it and i don't want this money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed bill.The banking law and guideline here
stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after fifteen years, the
money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Benin person cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 30% of this money will be for
you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me
.Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application which you will send to the bank . I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for
the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail.I will
give you all information that may be required by the bank on demand.

Best Regards,
Mr.Neil Waudby

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