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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: "khan steve" <steve_khan@141.ro>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 02:36:47 +0200
Subject: FROM STEVE KHAN


From the desk of:
Mr.steve Khan
korea exchange bank.
seoul-south korea
website:http://www.keb.co.kr/english


I am Mr.steve Khan , auditor of the Korean Exchange Bank, Seoul,South Korea. I
have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
I am the Auditing officer to Mrs Salah Adams (deceased) one of our foreign
customers. While she banked with us, I oversaw her accounts and other
official/financial obligations as my office demanded being her
auditor.Unfortunately, he died along with her entire family in the plane crash
of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alonside other
passengers. On further investigation, I found out that she died without making
a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mrs. Salah Adams
did not declare any kin or relations in all her official documents,including
her Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$45,000,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Laws of Republic of South Korea, at the expiration of 5 (five)
years, the money will revert to the ownership of the South Korean Government
if nobody applies to claim the fund.I cannot release the fund from her account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in
as the next of kin to Mrs. Salah Adams so that the fruits of this old woman's
labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This
is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address
so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that
will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of our
bank attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the
necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer.

Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any family member that
would lay claim to this fund, I decided to take my chance with you.I now seek
your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as I have all
documentations including his certified Death Certificate that will facilitate
your stand as next of kin to her as she had a closing balanced of
US$45,000,000.00 here in our bank in South Korea.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and file
your name in form A2, T12 and other vital forms as next of kin.
Please consult the CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) WEBSITE
below for verification.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
and BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

WHAT TO DO NOW:
You will have to open an account in your name or company's name pending on
what you are confortable with in one of our branches in Chicago or Los Angeles
OR elsewhere in the World pending on where our branches are located in your
country of residence.You will provide the account details then facilitate the
transfer of this fund to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The fund will be
paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and 50% for
you.
You can link our branch in Chicago at:
181 West Madison Street, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL60602, U.S.A.
Tel:312-372-7890,Fax:312-372-7839,Email:kebchi@earthlink.net

You can link our branch in Los Angeles:
777 South Figueroa St., Suite 3000, Los Angeles CA 90017, U.S.A
Tel:213-683-0830,Fax:213-622-5378,9954,Email:kebla@pacbell.net
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done
by our bank legal representative and my position as the auditor of the bank
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon
your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your
country.
Thanks and regards.
Mr.Steve Khan

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