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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: hen_002@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:46:13 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS=20OFFER?=






STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.
53 OKPARA AVENUE ENUGU.

DEAR SIR,

I AM THE ACCOUNT OFFICER TO Mr.ZIYA BAZHAYEV IN STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
OF NIGERIA. I WILL LIKE TO DO A VERY BRIEF BUSINESS WITH YOU, HE HAS A DORMANT
ACCOUNT IN MY BANK WITH A CREDIT BALANCE OF (USD$35.000.000.00) THIRTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, WHICH HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS
NOW. ON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT,Mr.ZIYA
BAZHAYEV THE PRESIDENT OF THE OIL ALLIANCE COMPANY IN RUSSIA
FOREIGNER DIED ALSO FOUR YEARS AGO IN AN AIR CRASH AND THAT HE LEFT NO BENEFICIARIES
AND NEXT OF KIN FOR THE ACCOUNT, BECAUSE HE WAS HIDING THE SOURCE OF THE
MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
IN FACT I WOULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN
THIS COUNTRY AS A CIVIL SERVANT, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT AND THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE AND EYEBROW ON OUR SIDE DURING THE
TIME OF THE TRANSFER SINCE I STILL WORK IN THE BANK, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE
REASON WHY I REQUIRE A FOREIGNER WHO WILL ASSIST ME FOWARD CLAIMS AS THE
NEXT OF KIN AND ALSO PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED.

WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TO USE YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY AND NEXT OF
KIN TO THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OWNER. AND THEN USE MY POSITION AS HIS ACCOUNT
OFFICER
AND GIVE CLEARANCE FOR ONWARD REMITTANCE OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED
ACCOUNT. I WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ACCOUNT, WHICH YOU WILL PRESENT TO THE BANK THROUGH A LAWYER.
AFTER THE BANK HAS ACCEPTED YOUR APPLICATION, THEN WE WILL MOVE AHEAD WITH
THE TRANSFER. PLEASE BE INFORMED ALL MODALITIES TOWARDS ENSURING THE SUCCESS
OF THIS TRANSANCTION HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE. ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS
TRANSANCTION, YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO AS GRATIFICATION FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,AND
THE REMAINING 60% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONCE.
THANKS
YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR. HENRY OKOYE
PLEASE REPLY TO THIS BOX IS MY PRIVET BOX. hky_0002@yahoo.com







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