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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: RAYMOND NJOKU <raydnjoku@zalau.ro>
Reply-To: raydnjoku@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 13:18:13 +0200
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR. RAYMOND NJOKU


Contact Number:00 87-1762534675
Fax....number:00 87-1762534676
Reply to: raydnjoku@yahoo.com

Dear,

My name is Mr. Raymond Njoku, the manager credit and foreign bills of AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB]. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my
bank with accountnumber14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash
[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers and his name was Burke
Sean. Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has 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 usd.26m, [ Twenty Six million united states
dollars]

which has been with my branch 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 be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money
to stay more than five years, because money will be recalled to the bank
treasury as unclaimed after this period. In view of this I got your contact
through a trade journal after realizing that your name and country is similar
to the deceased.

I will give you (US$5M) million united states dollars of the total. Upon
the receipt of your response, then you will spend (USD 36, 000) thirty six
thousand dollars for the smooth success of the business. I will
send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's and the next step to
take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch
free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund
transfer can be finalized within seven banking days, after you apply to the
bank as a relation to the deceased. So to assure you very well you can go to
http://wwwcnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/ when you receive this
letter.

Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your private
Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

Respectfully submitted,
Mr. Raymond Njoku




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