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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: stevenmarku@handbag.com
Reply-To: SteveMark962@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:37:42 -0700
Subject: From Mr.Steven Mark.

From Mr.Steven Mark.

Dear Sir,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this by
virtue of its nature that is utterly confidential and secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided
to contact you due to the fact that this transaction is urgent, as I will
rely on your ability in handling a transaction of this nature.

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Mr. Steven
Mark, I work with the Asba Bank SA as an account officer in the
Treasury/Credit Control Unit. I came to know you in private search for a
reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which
involve the transfer of a huge sum of money into a foriegn account requiring
maximum confidence. THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSITION / TRANSACTION: A foreigner
by name Andreas Schranner , who is a real estate and property developer
by profession does some his banking transaction with us at Asba Bank and
had a closing
balance as at the end of January 2002, which is worth Fifteen Million United
States Dollars .

I was his personal account officer and since he deposited this money
with us in the year 1999, We were instructed by my late client that
the money be kept and secured in a security and finance firm because it was
less expensive to keep and secure the funds in the security firm devoid of
tax payments.

I am sad to inform you that Mr Andreas Schranner and his wife died in the
ill fated concorde flight AF4590 that crashed into Hotelisimmo on the 31st
of July 2000 in Paris-France . check this website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Our bank now expects his Next of Kin to come forward as a sole
beneficiary to his assets with the bank, mean while, as is personal
account officer valuable efforts has being made by me for more than one year
to get in touch with any of my late client family or relatives without any
success.

It is because of the percieved impossibility of being able to locate
any of my late client Next of Kin as his wife Maria Schranner and his daughter
Eich Andreas perished in the flight also. Based on this, I secretly seek
advice from a fellow coleague who has being in banking for about 14 years
now about this issue of my late client , he made me understand that things
like this do happen and at the end of the day the chairman and board of directors
of the bank will declare the funds as '' Unclaimed '' and subsequently divert
it for thier personal use. In order to avert this negetive development, I
now seek your permission to have you stand as the Next of Kin to my late
client, so that the funds will be released and paid into your account as
the beneficiary Next of Kin.

I have already secured from the probate, as soon as I recieve an
acknowledgement of your acceptance, I will furnish you with the
necessary modalities of the transaction. I assure you that this transcaction
is 100% risk free, and as soon as we succeed in getting this funds to your
account,The money will be shared on a 50-50 basis .

Please forward to me on acceptance of this proposal, your private
telephone and fax number including the country code and area codes,
your complete names,and private email addres(SteveMark962@netscape.net )
for effective communication
as the project will be completed within the next 14 working days.

Thanks.

Best Regards.

Steven Mark.


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