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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: mrs_maureen@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:45:00 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS MAUREEN JOMBO REPLY NEEDED


FROM THE DESK OF MRS MAUREEN JOMBO
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
THE AFRICAN BANK (T A B)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO

DEAR SIR,


I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of The African Bank. I am writing, following the impressive information
about you through one of my friends who runs a consultancy firm in your
country. He assured me of your capability and reliability to champion this
business opportunity.In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
U.S$12.5m dollars (Twelve million five hundred thousand USD) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire
family in November 1998 in a plane crash.


Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidlines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery,
I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money
to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety 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 guidine here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after Seven years, the money will be tranfered into the bank as
unclaimed bill

I therefore agree that 40% of this money will be for you as foreigner partner,
in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside
for expenses incured during the business and 50% would be for me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.


Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where in the money will be remitted.


I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements
have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon
as you recieve this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Maureen Jombo

NB: Please Reply on my Alternative email as stated below.(mrs_maureenjj@voila.fr
)



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