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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: "Mr Anthony Opong" <mao03@handbag.com>
Reply-To: mao0_3@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:02:54 +0000
Subject: Urgent letter, call me.

From the desk of Mr Anthony Opong
Auditing department,
Union Togolaise de Banque,
Lome Togo.
TEL:002289257418

Attention,


I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Mr Anthony Opong, and work with the above bank (one of the African leading
banks in the West Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for
the past 8 years which belong to a American national who is now late Mr Morris
Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
More details about the deceased himself,you can check on
(http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html)

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation
and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late person
is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell.

Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer this
funds.Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this
account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked
out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much
at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account
stands at-(US$14.1million US dollars).

Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.

Consider this and get back at me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information as contained herein
be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project. Call me at
this direct line +228 925 7418 after sending a mail for confirmation.

I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message. Kindly
send any message through my alternative email addresses below for security
measures thus;(mao159000333@yahoo.co.uk)

Respectfully yours,
Mr Anthony Opong.


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