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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: walejohnson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:41:25 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HIGHLY=20CONFIDENCIAL?=

Dear friend,

This mail may come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to
patiently
read through it before making a decision whether to assist me or not.

I am mr Wale Johnson,a 32 years old man and also a Bank Manager of a
Reputable
Bank in Nigeria, l wish to solicit for your assistance in the
transaction
which l strongly believe will be of mutual benefit to both of us if
treated
with trust and confidentiality that it deserve.

On June 6, 2000, a British Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian
Petroleum
Corporation, (Name deliberately with held for now) made a numbered time
(Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, valued at US$25,500,000.00
(Twenty
Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity,
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
Contract
employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that the
Depositor
died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out
that He died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next
of
kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that the
depositor
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents.

This funds (US$25,500,000.00) is still lying in my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year.
No one will ever come forward to claim it. And according to Laws of
Republic
of Nigeria, at the expiration of 5(five) Years, the money will revert
to
the ownership of The Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I would like you as
a foreigner to stand in as THE NEXT OF KIN to the depositor so that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt
government officials. An offshore bank account in any part of the world
that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money
to
you as the
beneficiary/next of kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of 60% for me and 30% for you and also 10% for the
expenses
incured during the processing. There is no risk at all as all the
paperworks
for this transaction will be done by the bank accredited attorney and
my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of
this
transaction.
lf you are interested in giving the required assistance, kindly reply
this
mail stating your Telephone/Fax numbers for further action. Because of
the
secrecy surrounding this transaction, l suggest that you contact me
only
through my alternative/private email (walejohnson2004@yahoo.com)

l am looking forward to a favorable reply from you soon. Feel free to
ask
any question in this regard.

Yours Faithfully,
Wale Johnson



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