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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: "joseph aziz" <digital_j3@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: aziz_digital1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:02:42 +0100
Subject: POSITION OF THINGS

STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
EASTERN REGION
HEADQUARTERS
BLOCK 18 AGALIY WAY CAIRO
EGYPT
ATTENTION: PRESIDENT
SIR
I AM THE BANK MANAGER OF STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC OF
EGYPT. I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS WITH
YOU, THERE IS A DORMANT ACCOUNT IN MY BANK WITH A
CREDIT BALANCE OF (USD$38.350.000.00) THIRTY EIGHT
MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS, WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS
NOW. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT
THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT, A FOREIGNER DIED FIVE
YEARS AGO IN A MOTOR ACCIDENT IN HIS COUNTRY SAUDI
ARABIA AND THAT HE LEFT NO BENEFICIARIES AND
NEXT OF KIN FOR THE ACCOUNT, I BELIEVE HE WAS HIDING
THE SOURCE OF THE MONEY FROM HIS GOVERNMENT.

WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO USE YOUR NAME AS THE
BENEFICIARY AND NEXT OF KIN TO THIS MONEY, ALL I
NEED IS IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD AS THE NEXT OF KIN,
AND CLAIM THIS MONEY, I WILL USE MY POSITION AS THE
MANAGER AND GIVE CLEARANCE FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS
MONEY TO YOU IN CASH FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY IN MY
PRESENCE, UPON YOUR ARRIVAL HERE IN EGYPT. I WILL
SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION YOU
NEED FOR THE RELEASE OF THIS FUNDS TO YOU WHEN YOU COME,
WHICH YOU WILL PRESENT TO THE GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY
PLC, TOGETHER WITH ME, OR THIS FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED
TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND IT HAS TO BE OFFSHORE ACCOUNT FOR
OUR SAFTY.

AFTER THE COLLECTION OF THIS MONEY, THEN I WILL MOVE
AHEAD TO DESTROY EVERY DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
BUSINESS. AND WE WILL GO AHEAD TO SHARE THIS FUND AT
RATIO 20 AND 75 PERCENT, 20% FOR YOUR SERVICES TO ME
AND 75% FOR ME, THE REMAINING 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE
FORANY EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THIS TRANSACTION.

HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENTIALITY
AND CONTACT ME URGENTLY IF WE CAN DO THIS BUSINESS
TOGETHER, SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU AN INVITATION
LETTER TO ENABLE OBTAIN A VISA TO COME TO EGYPT,
OR GIVE YOU ALL YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU CANT COME
DOWN TO EGYPT.

I WILL FAX YOU SOME DOCUMENTS, ALSO I NEED YOUR
CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX FOR OUR EASY
COMMUNICATION .

PLEASE YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED SO AS TO STOP
FURTHER CONTACTS I AM MAKING.PLEASE CONTACT ME
THROUGH THIS EMAIL aziz_digital1@yahoo.co.uk

THANKS
BEST REGARDS
JOSEPH AZIZ


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