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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: dr_lawsonjack@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:39:16 -0700
Subject: urgent response

DR Lawson Jack
Phone: 234-803-3223855
Lagos-Nigeria.
reply to jacklawson@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,

I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got your contact
in my search for a reputable and trust worthy person/Company, who can stand
confidently with me in this successful business arrangement.

Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to you.I am, the
Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in Nigeria.
Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored on my strong
desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation in this transaction
that would certainly boost the financial stand of both parties involved
when completed.

As a matter of fact, We want to transfer to overseas (US$52,000.000.00 USD)
(Fifty two million United States Dollars) from the Oil company's operating
Bank account here in Africa.

I want you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up
a new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an empty account
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end of this important transaction, trusting
in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or
in the near future.

In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating
fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the bank in 1990
and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, after going through
some old files in the records I discovered that the money in the account
was mapped out for the refurbishment of the
Oil Company?s Machineries.

Meanwhile, Mr. Magnus Leon, the President of the Oil Company was the only
signatory to the account, but unfortunately he died after a brief illness
in 1993. And no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning
it, and the account has no other beneficiary. And my investigation proved
to me that Mr. Magnus Leon, until his death had wanted to siphoned that
money into his personal account in New York hence he did not disclose the
operating devises of the account to the Board of Trustees.

I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are
a foreigner because, this money can only be approved to any foreigner who
can present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of Kin/Beneficiary
to the account base on the fact that Mr. Magnus Leon the owner of this account
is a foreigner, and the money can only be approved into a foreign bank account.


Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me, lets
make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of this money
to any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share percentage bases.We
will start the first transfer with Thirty Two Million USD [$32,000.000]
upon the successful actualization of the first transfer, without any disappointment
from your side; we shall re-apply
for the payment of the remaining amount, to your account. However, we shall
sign a binding agreement, to bind us together as partners in this regard.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting
for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate your sincere interest,
so that I can inform you on the modalities already mapped out for the hitch-free
transfer of the money out of Africa here.
I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting you
I need your full co-operation to make this work adequately. Upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and Willing to meet
up with the instructions of the top bank official that is deeply involved
with me in this business, I shall commence actions immediately to process
the payment of the money in your favor as the
beneficiary.

We shall obtain through the court of law here in Nigeria all documents that
will put you in place as the Next of Kin to mr. Magnus Leon. All the documents
that will be obtained will make this transaction legal and the documents
also will be forwarded to the bank through the lawyer with an application
letter on your behalf asking them to effect the transfer of the said amount
to your account as the Next of Kin to Mr. Magnus leon.

With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer
this money to any reliable foreign bank account, which you can provide.
I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as possible.

Yours truly,
DR Lawson Jack




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