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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: alfrdo@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:33:12 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE

From ALFRDO GODINEZ (ESQ)


Dear Sir,
I am ALFRDO GODINEZ attorney to Late paulton Allen a foreigner and an Engineer
with Atlas Engineering Co.Late paulton Allens has an account with B.I.DB.
which he set up in 1980.He died in 1990 in Benin Republic of West Africa.
I received a memo early this year from the international remittance unit
of Banque .Internationale Du.Benin(B.I.D.B) for an interview about $45M USD
that belongs to my client Late P.Allen ,The Bank informed me on their policy
to Freeze the account of Late Paulton Allen and redirect his funds $45m
usd back to government treasury because they saw no next of kinin his entire
file within the bank and his acct has been dormant for many years which is
against the policy of the B.I.DB.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account as the foreign beneficiary to that fund.I have resolved to share
the money in this ratio.50% for me,35% for you ,10% for the remittance manager
in the bank who has agreed to guide us for the success of our objectives
and 5% for expences we might incurre in the processing of this transaction.
I will need your full name and address,including your bank account informations
where the funds will be processed into. i will also need your telephone and
fax numbers for oral communications too.I will start the processing of all
the legal documents to back up your claim immediately you send all the required
information.I will give you further details on the entire process when i
receive your positive response.

Rrgards

ALFRDO GODINEZ (ESQ)


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