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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: henry <prince@lovetrain.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: toyah@yahoogroups.com
Date: 17 Mar 2005 15:16:34 -0000
Subject: [Toyah] PLZ APPROACH ME URGENTLY







First Bank Of Nigeria Plc.
Marina, Lagos-Nigeria.
Firstbankplc@Investmentzone.Com
private email:(prince1mathew@yahoo.co.in )
17th march 2005

Dear Sir/Madam,
I Am Prince Henry Mathew, Branch Manager First Bank Nigeria Plc,
Investment Zone Branch.lagos/nigeria.

I Got Your Contact Through the Internet; plz I Want You To give this
essage Urgent And Very Confidential Approach.
On January 7, 1999, An America Oil Consultant/Contractor With The
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
Mr. Charles Ballassi (Fixed), Valued At Us$15,700,000.00(Fifteen
Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) In My Branch upon maturity of
This fund, I Sent A Routine Notification To His Forwarding Address But
Got No Reply, After A Month, I Sent A Reminder And Finally We Discovered
From His Contract Employers, The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation That Mr. Charles Ballassi Died In The Plane Crash Of 31
October 1999 With Egyptian Air 990 With Other Passengers Aboard As You
Can Confirm It Yourself Via This Website Below:

Http://Www.Cnn.Com/Us/9911/02/Egyptair990.List/Index.Html

During my normal routine checks of accounts, I Found Out That He Died
Without Making A Will, And every Attempts To Trace His Next Of Kin Was
Fruitless and abortive, I Therefore Made Further inquiries and
Discovered That Mr. Charles Ballassi Did Not Declare Any Next Of Kin Or
Relations In His Entire Official Documents, Including His Bank Deposit
Papers In My Bank, This Sum Of Us$15,700,000.00 Is Still 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.


According To Nigerian banking Law, At The Expiration Of (Six) Years,
The Money Will Revert To The Ownership Of The Nigerian Government If
Nobody
Applies To Claim The Fund.
My Proposal Is That I Will Like You As A Foreigner To Stand As The
Next Of Kin To Mr. Charles Ballassi So that the proceeds
Will share by two of us T, I Will Like You To Provide Immediately Your
Full Name And Address With Pass Port Photograph So that I will place as
The next of kin to Mr. Charles Ballassi.

We Shall Employ The Service Of An Attorneys For The Drafting And
Notarization Of The Will And Obtain The Necessary Documents And Letter
Of Probate/Administration In Your Favors For The Transfer Into your Bank
Account In Any Part Of The World, Then Facilitate The Transfer Of This
Money To You As The Beneficiary/Next Of Kin. The Money Will Be Paid
Into Your Account and You Will Be rewarded with 40% of the total sum.

I have map out three options to get this fund to your possession they are
thus:

1. Bank to bank wire transfer
2.Cashier cheque of $250,000 dollars weekly gradually pending when the
fund is
Completely transferred into your account.
3.Through international swift post delivery order to your home address
4. Payment through our regional near your country

I Will Not Disclose My Very self-being The Bank Manager, Immediately I
Receive Your Information I Will Send Them To The Attorney For The
Preparation Of The Papers that I will use to place you as the next of kin.
There Is No Risk At All, With The Paperwork From The Attorney And My
Position as The Branch Manager we are bound succeed,
Please Reply Immediately Via my Private Email Address Below, Upon Your
Response, I Shall Provide You With Details of the new attorney that I
Have appointed for you to prepare the documents for the next of kin.

Please Observe Utmost secrecy And Be Rest Assured That This Transaction
Would Be Most Profitable For Both parties Because I Shall Require Your
Assistance To Invest My Share In Your Country.
Awaiting Your Urgent.
Best Regards,
Prince Henry Mathew.
Firstbankplc@Investmentzone.Com
+234-8023070484
(private email:(prince1mathew@yahoo.co.in )


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