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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: "Frank Mutende" <fran_mutende64@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 13:46:51 +0000
Subject: Mutual Transaction......

MR.FRANK MUTENDE
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT DEPT.
PRUDENT BANK OF AFRICA LOME-TOGO

Dear One,

I am Mr Frank Mutende, the secretary in the office of the director incharge
account and audit dept of PRUDENT BANK OF AFRICA LOME-TOGO. With due respect
and regards,I have decided to contact you on a mutual business transaction
that will be of great benefit to both of us.

During the auditing of our bank,it was discovered that a total sum of 12.5
million US dollars (Twelve million,Five Hundred Thousand US dollars)was
abandoned in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers
Mr.Rashad Alymohd Aly who died in EgyptAir Flight 990 plane crash of 31st
october 1999. No body was recovered from the crash incident.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
Kin to come over and claim his money because the money cannot be release
unless somebody applies for it as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking and financial policies but unfortunately we learnt
that his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him in the
accident leaving no body behind to claim the money.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this business proposal to you and for you to
stand as his next of kin so that the money be tranfferred to you as the next
of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed bills.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigene cannot stand as
next of kin to the deceased family. I have agreed that 30% of this money
will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
account, 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during this transaction
and 65 % would be for me and my colleagues.There after I and my colleagues
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 of the
deceased indicating your private, telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all
required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me
on my e-mail as soon as you receive this letter.

I decided to contact you as you have products of interest in your part of
the world where we can invest our own percentage to avoid peoples awareness
as we are civil servants. We can conclude this operation within ten banking
days.

Please keep this very confidential. Contact me for more information, all
confirmable before you apply if you want. May God be with you.

Trusting to hear from you shortly for a detailed information which are
confirmable before you can make up your mind to apply.

Mr Frank Mutende.

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