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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: jkerekou@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:42:53 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20COOPERATION=20NEEDED?=

FROM,Mr James Kerekou
Auditing and Account
Banque Generale Du Togolaise
Cotonou Branch
Republic of Benin
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL.jkerekou@tiscali.it

DEAR SIR,

I am James Kerekou , the director in charge of auditing
and accounting section of Banque Generale Du Togolaise,Cotonou
Branch in Republic of Benin in West Africa.
With due respect,I have decided to contact you on a
business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of
us at the end of the transaction .

During our investigation and auditing in this bank,
my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a
deceased person who died on March, 2000 in a plane crash and the fund
has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the
fund either from his family or relation before we discovered that he
died along with his entire family.

Personally, I and my collegues have kept this discovery secret for
smooth execution. The said amount was U.S $16.4M
(Sixteen million, Four Hundred thousand United States
Dollars). As it may interest you to know, I got your
impressive information through my good friends who
works with chamber of commerce on foreign business relations here in
Cotonou- Benin. It is him who recommended your person to me to be
viable and capable to champion a business of such magnitude without any
problem.

Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over
this fund in your favour as the bonafide "Next of Kin" to the
deceased,get the required approval and transfer this money to
a foreign account has been put in place and directives and
needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your
interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self in this
great business opportunity.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but would
eventually raise an eye brow time of transfer for a Beninoeus to stand
as a next of kin to a foreign customer. This is the actual reason why
it will require a foreign partner who will forward claims as the "Next
of Kin" to the Bank and also present a foreign account where you will
need the money to be remited by the Correspondent Branch in charge of
foreign remittance.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is
100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you
will be entitled to 30% of the total sum for your participation while
the remaining 70% will be for me and my collegues in this
operation. Please, you have been adviced to keep this business
confidentially as we are still in service and intend to retire from
service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole transaction here in the bank until you
confirm the money in your account and ask us to
come down to your country for sharing of the fund according to
percentages and subsequent investment either in your country or any
country as you may advise. All other necessary vital information will
be sent to you when I hear from you.

I look forward to hear from you .

Yours faithfully,

Mr James Kerekou




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