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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: dramhedyusuf@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:31:45 +0100
Subject: TREAT THIS URGENT AND CALL ME IMMDIATELY(DIRECT LINE: 00229-079-127)


FROM:
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
BILL/EXCHANGE & FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
COTONOU,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
WEST AFRICA.

Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

After due deliberation ,I decided to forward this business proposal to you
because I am very much interested to enter into a mutual business relationship
with you, after going through your profile.due to the fact that I want a
reliable person who can assist me.

I , Manager of BILL/EXCHANGE & FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPARTMENT COTONOU IN
REPUBLIC OF BENIN UNDER THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OFFICE IN BENIN.
I
n my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $10.5M, Us dollars (Ten
million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in 30/JANUARY/2000
IN THE PASSENGER PLAN CRASH WITH KENYA AIRWAYS AIRBUS A310-304 5Y-BENIN
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE(IVORY-COAST).

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated
in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately I learnt that all
his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane
clash leaving no body behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this proposal
to be the next of kin and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed
bill.

The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner
and a Beninois cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

There after I will visit your country for disbursement after the funds has
been transfer.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you .

The Bank Procedure would be forward to you .

Hope to hear from you .

Yours faithfully,

DR.BOB EMMANUEL.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL :dramhedyusuf@zwallet.com


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