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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: "Samuel John" <sjohn1954@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: s_john1954@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:36:58 +0100
Subject: Reply me. Very Urgent!

From The Desk Of:Mr Samuel John.
Head of Customer Services.
Bond Bank Plc.
Lagos - Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

Complements of the season, my name is Mr. Samuel John, an official of the
above stated bank in Nigeria. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of my bank (Mr.Kaplanli Suayip)a Turkish ,who died in Iraq during the war
with account number AFB1022002-109 .

Since the demise of Mr.Kaplanli Suayip, l personally have watched with keen
interest as his account officer to see the next of kin, but all has proved
abortive as no one has come to claim his fund of $18,230,000,00 (Eighteen
Million,Two Hundred and thirty thousand Dollars) which has been with our
bank for a long time and has accumulated some interest.Going through his
bank account documents, l found out that the space to fill a next of Kin
was left blank.

On this note i decided to seek you, your name shall be used as the next of
kin, as no one will come up to put claim as the next of kin to this fund
and the banking law does not permit such money to stay unclaimed for too
long. If no body comes forward as the next of kin soon, the bank will transfer
the fund into its treasury for its own use.

I am convinced that your name could be used as the next of kin to this claim.The
request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the
deceased was a foreigner, and l cannot use anybody known to me to stand as
the next of kin to the deceased.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is risk free
and that you should not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangement
has been perfected for transfer.

Endeavour to keep my communication with you confidential.

l look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Samuel John.



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