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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: john001 <john_11@di-ve.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 10:39:53 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT!!!



DR.JOHN OWEN
commmonwealth Bank of Australia,
18 Bank Place Melbourne,
Australia,
REPLY TO EMAIL:johnowen2004@walla.com
DR.JOHN OWEN
commmonwealth Bank of Australia,
18 Bank Place Melbourne,
Australia,
REPLY TO EMAIL:johnowen2004@walla.com

Dear Respected friend,

This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for
your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.

My name is DR. JOHN OWEN , Head of Securities,Commonwealth Bank of
Australia,Melbourne. On December 6, 2001, a foreign consultant/contractor with the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, Mr. David Sidney Jocelyn-Duffield, made a numbered time (fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00,
(Thirty Million United States Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, that Mr.Jocelyn-Duffield died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.
Jocelyn-Duffield did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in our Bank. I have carefully moved out these funds (US$30million) from our bank as sundry funds to an offshore Deposit Company in the Europe.

From past experiences, I know that no one will ever come forward to claim the deceased funds. According to Australian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years,the funds will be Unclaimable and revert to the ownership of the Australia Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. In order to avert this negative development, I in conjunction with a colleague (the Chief Operating Officer in the bank) now seek your permission to allow my attorney do a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated funds from the "deceased" to your name, so that the funds (US$30million) would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and my colleague).

We are writing you because, as public servants, we cannot operate a
foreign account or have an account that is more than 160,000:00.
Consequently, I will present you as the owner of the funds in the Deposit
Company so you can be able to claim them. This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately;

1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers

Once I receive these information, I will prepare the necessary
documents which will put you in place as the new owner of the funds. The money will then be released to your custody by the Deposit Company, for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we imploy you to observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your assistance to invest our share in your country (buying of properties like real estate etc). This is why your urgent action and response is of priority to enable us conclude this transaction in a timely and professional manner.

I await your swift response please through my alternative/private
email:johnowen2004@walla.com signifying your decision.

Thanks for anticipated co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,

DR JOHN OWEN.
PLEASE REPLY VIA EMAIL:johnowen2004@walla.com

Dear Respected friend,

This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for
your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.

My name is DR. JOHN OWEN , Head of Securities,Commonwealth Bank of
Australia,Melbourne. On December 6, 2001, a foreign consultant/contractor with the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, Mr. David Sidney Jocelyn-Duffield, made a numbered time (fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00,
(Thirty Million United States Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, that Mr.Jocelyn-Duffield died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Jocelyn-Duffield did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in our Bank. I have carefully moved out these funds (US$30million) from our bank as sundry funds to an offshore Deposit Company in the Europe.

From past experiences, I know that no one will ever come forward to claim the deceased funds. According to Australian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years,the funds will be Unclaimable and revert to the ownership of the Australia Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. In order to avert this negative development, I in conjunction with a colleague (the Chief Operating Officer in the bank) now seek your permission to allow my attorney do a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated funds from the "deceased" to your name, so that the funds (US$30million) would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and my colleague).

We are writing you because, as public servants, we cannot operate a
foreign account or have an account that is more than 160,000:00.
Consequently, I will present you as the owner of the funds in the Deposit
Company so you can be able to claim them. This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately;

1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers

Once I receive these information, I will prepare the necessary
documents which will put you in place as the new owner of the funds. The money will then be released to your custody by the Deposit Company, for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the solicitor and this will guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we imploy you to observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your assistance to invest our share in your country (buying of properties like real estate etc). This is why your urgent action and response is of priority to enable us conclude this transaction in a timely and professional manner.

I await your swift response please through my alternative/private
email:johnowen2004@walla.com signifying your decision.

Thanks for anticipated co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,

DR JOHN OWEN.
PLEASE REPLY VIA EMAIL:johnowen2004@walla.com


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