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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: folarinade@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 03:08:02 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY?=


From the Desk of: Mr.Ade Folarin
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
E-mail:adefolarin@infohq.com

Dear Friend,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.Ade Folarin, GM,
Corporate & Investment Banking with Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria. Lagos-Nigeria.

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someone

you have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail that goes around

the world through this means but I have no other choice than to send it

to you through the internet means, Therefore, I will appreciate it if you

honor it and give me all your trust and full co-operation.
I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company

to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.

As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC)

Regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was

not made known to them.
Proposition
A America Mr. Frederick M. Wong, 54 years of age who is an America Oil consultant/contractor

with NNPC had in our Bank the sum of US$15m in a domiciliary account. He

named his wife, Mrs. Lilla C. Wong as the next of kin. Unfortunately, two

of them died in a plane crash involving Egyptair 990, you can confirm it

yourself via website below:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through the American

Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail,

as we were made to understand that the couple had no children. Given the

skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been impossible

to reach any of the relatives. The option left for the Bank management is

to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the funds to trading

on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank.

In Nigeria, and almost all other parts of African continent, when Banks

acquire funds such as that of Mr. Frederick M. Wong, they are required by

law to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For Arms

And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased with funds from the Trust

Fund are used to further enhance the course of war in Africa and invariably

turbulence of some sort in the world in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative development

that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have you stand as a

distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Wong, so that

the funds would be released to you. All documents and proofs to enable you

get the funds will be carefully packaged once we receive your consent on

this proposal.

May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as we

have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.

I have the authority of my partners involved in this transaction to propose

that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction your share would

be 40% of the US$15million, 60% for us.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.

Best Regards.
Mr.ADE FOLARIN
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}.
Send your further correspondent to this e-mail address:
adefolarin@infohq.com



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