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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: hamza200@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:50:18 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=3A=20The=20Desk=20Of=20Hon=2CDr=20Hamza=20Mustapha?=

From: The Desk Of Hon,Dr Hamza Mustapha
Bill And Exchange Manager
African Development Bank Benin Annex
Cotonou Benin Republic.
Tel:00229-90-93-58
Private Email hamza_mustapha555@latinmail.com

Atten Dear Friend,

I am Hon,Dr,Hamza Mustapha,from African Development Bank Benin Rep.During
the course of our auditing we discovered the sum of twelve million five
hundred thousand united states dollars (USD$12.500.000.00) floating in an
account opened in this Bank since 1997 and as from 2001nobody has operated
on this
account again, and after going through someold files in the records I discovered
that the owner of the account died without a (HEIR]sept 11th 2001 by plane
crash, hence the money is floating.

After due verification I noticed that no other person knows about this account
except his wife who was also invovled in the crash,and the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that until his
death he was the Director GOLD ARK [SARL]Since our bank, (African Development
bank) Benin Rep. got informationabout his death, we have been expecting
his next of kin to come forward and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies but up to date nobody
came up to this bank as his next of kin or relative.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department
now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money
to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since nobody is coming forth and we don't want this money to
go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

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 as his relation. And the country law here does
not allow such money to stay more than Five years, for the money will be
recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this period.Upon
the receipt of your response, I will send to you the application form, bank's
contact and the next step to take.

I will not fail to bring to yournotice that this business is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any fear
as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within fourteen banking
days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

It has been resolved that 20% will be for you while 10% has been maped out
to defray any expences that might be incured during the process of the transaction.

Then 70% will be for me which shall be release afterthe funds must have
been remitted into your bank account.When you receive this letter, kindly
send me an e-mail signifying your decision.Including your private Tel/Fax
numbers for quick communication.

I will be very happy if you can treat this business with the utmost secrecy
it demands because of my position in this bank.Hoping for a very successful
business relationship with you.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr Hamza Mustapha
Tel:00229-90-93-58
Private Email hamza_mustapha555@latinmail.com





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