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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: nwanuakubless@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:19:42 +0100
Subject: HELLO FRIEND

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr Blessing Nwanunaaku the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of
Regent Bank Plc.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number
14-255-2004/utb/t whose name is Chung Timothy who perished in a plane crash[Korean
Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August 6,1997.And for
your perusal you can view this websitehttp://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/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 US$15M (Ffifteen 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 eight 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 30% of the total. Upon the receipt of your response, I will
send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax number 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 five banking days, after you apply to the bank as
a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail nwanuakublessing@yahoo.co.in
signifying your
decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr Blessing Nwanunaaku


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