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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: ngongal@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 07:09:00 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GET=20BACK=20TO=20ME?=

From: Lawrence Ngonga

Hello ,

I am { Lawrence Ngonga }, accountant for foreing bill of exchange operation
department of the Standard Trust Bank Plc here in Nigeria. I am writing
following the impressive information about you through an internet geonological
research .

In my department, we discovered a long term deposited fund of { $15, 000
000 M } Fifteen Million United States Dollars in an account which belong
to a foriegn customer who died along side with his nuclear family in a plane
crash on December 26th 2003 in Republic of Benin. The Late engineer was
a very reputable client with our bank.

Since the bank management received the information about his death. The
management have been expecting his next of kin to come over for his or her
claim as the huge fund can not be release unless somebody applies for it
legally as the beneficiary / next of kin to the deceased / fund as indicated
in our banking guide. Unfurtunately all efforts to locate the next of kin
to the deceased by the bank management proved abortive.

Now as the personal accountant to the deceased, after much official enquiry
/ verification through the deposit files of the deceased, I was able to
realise that his supposed next of kin died along side with him at the plane
crash on December 26th 2003.

The banking law and guideline act 00.02 of the foreign beneficiary fund
release stipulates that if such fund remain uncliamed after the exsisting
period of four years, as the fund shall be automatically transfered into
the national treasury account as uncliamed bill. As the personal accountant
to the deceased, I therefore decide to make business with you by releasing
the fund { $15 , 000 000 M } to you as the next of kin to the deceased for
safe keeping of the fund / subsequent disbursement as I do not want the
fund to be transfered into the national treasury as unclaimed fund.

Note : This transaction is 100% risk free as I have all requisite information
/ documents which shall aid the total accomplishment of this fund repatriation
into your personal account as the beneficiary to the deceased. Upon the
confirmation of your positive response, I shall send to you by fax / mail
the commencement step, full information of the bank and that of the deceased
for instant inception of this transaction.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is highly occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand
as a next of kin to a foreigner. We agreed that 40% that is negotiable of
this money would be for you as foreign partner. Thereafter my two colleagues
and I will visit your country for the disbursement / investing our share
according to the percentages indicated. Please be honest to me. I look forward
to your positive response. Please note that you are not to appear in person
as everything regarding this project will be strictly handled by a lawyer
and every banking documents needed for this transaction will be taken care
of by a lawyer.

Please view the website below: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

Regards.

NOTE: Make sure you reply to my email through this address below for confidential
communication that this transaction require.

Alternative email: lawrencengonga@yahoo.co.nz

Mr Lawrence Ngonga
Acct Foreign bill of exchange
Standard Trust Bank Plc




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