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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: "Mr. Frank Owode" <goanrex@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frankowode200@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 17:21:56 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

From: Mr. Frank Owode
Fidelity Bank Plc.
Trade Fair Complex
Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Lagos-Nigeria.
Website: www.fidelitybank.ng
Private e-mail: frankowode200@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP:

I am Mr. Frank Owode, a Manager at the Fidelity Bank Nigeria PLC,
Lagos. I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction which
involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account
requiring maximum confidence. Hence i am contacting you.

A foreigner, Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an Anchorage businessman with
the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death seventeen years ago
in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on
January 31st 2000, including his wife Thelma, and his only daughter
Sheryl, while returning to Alaska from vacationing in Mexico. Banked
with us here at the Fidelity Bank PLC, Lagos, and had a closing
balance of USD$2.5M (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed by
any of his available foreign next of kin or be forfeited and transfers
into the banks treasury as unclaimed.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. It is therefore upon
this discovery that I decided to make business with you and release
the money to you as the beneficiary to the deceased for safety and
subsequent disbursement. The transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement as it will strictly be a bank-to-bank transfer.
Hence our desire to have you as our overseas partner.

As a matter of fact, I have just placed this funds in what we call
Nostro Vostro account with no beneficiary. with my position as a
management staff of this bank, I cannot acquire this money in my name.
So my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your
bank account and get 20% of the total funds as remuneration for your
involvement. This is why i am looking for a competent and honest
individual abroad into whose account the above stated sum will be
transferred into by telegraphic transfer [Bank-to-Bank transfer].
Hence i am contacting you.

However, i wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not
betray me after the fund must have arrived your account. More
importantly, you are to keep this transaction confidential, in order
not to tarnish the confidence reposed on me and the officials involved
in this transaction. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe
and risk free. Send me your sincere thoughts about this mail and fill
your information as stated below, so that we can get started with the
transfer process.

1. Your full name:.
2. Country:.
3. Contact address:.
4. Telephone number:.
5. Occupation:.
6. Age and Sex

As soon as we receive these needed details, we shall proceed with the
necessary transfer modalities. Please note that you will receive your
payment via Telegraphic Transfer [Bank-to-Bank transfer] to your
Account. I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear
from you.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal
through my private and secured email address: frankowode200@yahoo.com
for further clarification.

I await your urgent response.

Best regards,
Mr. Frank Owode.

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