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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: "Khan Amin" <khan@khan-amin.com>
Reply-To: khan_1@myway.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:10:22 +0000
Subject: INQUIRY FROM KHAN

Dear Friend,

My name is Amin Khan, I am a senior banker in a bank here in the United
Kingdom.
I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that everything
documents that will bring about the success of this transation would be
provided,and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact
you due to the urgency of this transaction.

The deceased person who died Mr.Gerald Welsh died in an air crash along with
his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other
passengers on board was an American Oil consultant/contractor with the
Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation.You can confirm his death from the
website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.
WEBSITE.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself and
his wife(May their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his
account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will
be carefully worked to make you the beneficiary to the funds #4,300 000 00
GBP (Four million three hundred thousand Great british pounds sterling)which
will be released in your favor as the next of kin.
Because after six years the money will be called back to the bank treasury
as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank.
so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as
the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank
directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by
furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.

1,Full names
2,Direct Telephone and fax numbers

For our personal contact and mutual trust in each
other.

I shall be compensating you with 35% of the above
amount on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, while we
will keep aside 5% for expenses that may occure in the process of this
transaction from both parties,which will be refunded at the end of the
transaction,the balance 60% shall be for me for investment purposes, because
I intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction and relocate to
your country of residence.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in
you, I await your urgent mail to my personal email
address:(khan_1@myway.com)

Regards,

Mr.Amin Khan


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