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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: Marcus Kennedy <marcus_kennedy223@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:24:48 +0100
Subject: Urgent Reply


MARCUS KENNEDY
THE BANK MANAGER
ROYAL TRUST AND SECURITIES BANK
PORT HAR COURT BRANCH.







MY NAME IS MARCUS KENNEDY, THE BANK MANAGER ROYAL TRUST
& (SECURITIES) BANK OF NIGERIA I AM WRITTING IN
RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK(MR. STEPHEN
REINHART ) WHO PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF 31
OCTOBER 1999[WITH EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990] WITH OTHER
PASSENGERS ABOARD AS YOU CAN COMFIRM IT YOURSELF
THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/31/missing.plane.02/




SINCE THE DEMISE OF MR. STEPHEN REINHART , I
PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE
NEXT OF KIN BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS
COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF TWENTY FIVE MILLION, FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS
($25.400,000.00)]HAS BEEN WITH MY BANK HERE FOR A VERY
LONG TIME.ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS
NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN,AS NO ONE HAS
COME UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS
AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY
TO STAY MORE THAN SIX YEARS,BECUASE AFTER SIX YEARS
THE MONEY WILL BE CALLED BACK TO THE BANK TREASURY AS
UNCLAIMED BILL.





IN VIEW OF THIS , I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE I
AM CONVINCED IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME/COMPANY COULD
BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.THE REQUEST
OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS
OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A
FOREIGNER AND A NIGERIAN CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF
KIN TO A FOREIGNER.





I AGREED THAT 40% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A
FOREIGN PARTNER WHO IS GOING TO HELP OR WORK FOR THE
REALISATION OF THIS FUND WHILE WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR
ME. THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR
DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT. UPON
THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY MAIL TO ME, I WILL LET YOU
KNOW THE STEP TO TAKE AND DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION.






I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS
BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT
ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS THE WHOLE REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT
AS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER.
YOU CAN ONLY RESPOND TO ME THROUGH MY YAHOO MAIL
marcus_kennedy.co.uk






BEST REGARDS,





MARCUS KENNEDY.




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