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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: <brown3s@ixp.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:43:52 -0800
Subject: From Mr Kelvin Brown.



3/5 Brown & Brown Crescent
Indepenedence Layout Enugu
Enugu State, Nigeria
Mobile- 234-803-3979688

THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O,


(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD}ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX
MILLION DOLLARS

ATTENTION PRESIDENT/CEO,

We want to transfer to overseas account ($126,000.000.00 USD) One
hundred and twenty six million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in
Africa,I want to ask 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 a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in you and
believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr Kelvin Brown, the Auditor General of one of the prime banks
here Nigeria, during the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating
fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has
operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the
records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir]
hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr.Laurie.T Pierre, a foreigner, and an
industrialist, and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows about
this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Mr.Laurie.T Pierre
until his death was the manager Diamond Safari [pty]. Nigeria. We will
start the first transfer with twenty six million [$26,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The
amount involved is (USD 126 M) One hundred and twenty six million United
States Dollars only.

I want to first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty six million United States
Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the
rest, but I don't know any foreigner,I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person
here,without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to
any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and
foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the
a/c Mr.Laurie.T Pierre is a foreigner too,and the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement,to
bind us together. I got your contact through the research i made in the
Nigerian chambers of commerce internet bureau {N.C.C.I.B}.

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 directly through
this personlised mail box kelvinbrown_4s@yahoo.co.in so that I will
inform you the next step to take urgently.

Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit.I want us to meet face to
face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind
us together before transferring the money to any account of your choice
where the fund will be safe.Before we fly to your country for
withdrawal,sharing and investments.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine,Because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you,upon your positive
response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up
with instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in
this business.I need your strong assurance that you will never, never
let me down.With my influence and the position of the bank official we
can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our
physical arrival inyour country for sharing.

The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately
we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build
confidence you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face after
which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly
to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the
account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from
you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I
will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from
the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 10% of the total
amount,85% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my personal email
kelvinbrown_4s@yahoo.co.in

Yours truly
Mr Kelvin Brown.





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