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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: "drboniface gani" <drboniface_gani@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:33:15 +0000
Subject: CLAIM AS THE INHERITER

FROM : DR.BONIFACE GANI.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I AM DR.BONIFACE GANI MANAGING DIRECTOR PEAK TRUST BANK NIGERIA PLC.THIS
MAIL MIGHT COME IN AS A SURPRISE TO YOU SINCE I DO NOT KNOW YOU AND YOU DO
NOT KNOW ME,BUT I HAVE A PROPOSAL TO PUT BEFORE YOU.

BEFORE I PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN SOME RELEVANT FACTS TO
YOU.BEFORE THIS MAIL GOT TO YOU, WE (MYSELF AND MY PARTNERS) HAVE SENT OUT
SEVERAL PROPOSALS OF THIS NATURETO FOREIGNERS,(NON AFRICANS) BUT WE RECIEVED
NEGATIVE RESPONSES.

SO WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO CARRY OUT INVESTIGATIONS WHY THIS WAS
SO.UPON OUR INVESTIGATIONS, WE FOUND OUT THAT CERTAIN JUNIOR OFFICIALS OF
THIS BANK HAD GOTTEN WIND OF THIS PROPOSAL AND WERE USING IT TO SWINDLE
PEOPLE OF THEIR MONEY WITHOUT SUCESSFULLY FUFILLING THE REAL AIM OF THE
TRANSACTION.

WE THEN SWUNG INTO ACTION AND HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TO ENSURE THAT THIS
ACT IS STOPPED AND ONLY GENUINE OFFICIALS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING A TRANSACTION
OF THIS MAGNITUDE TO A SUCCESSFULL CONCLUSION WERE SELECTED.

WE THUS TRANSFERED THE FUNDS INTO A FINANCE HOUSE/SECURITY FIRM IN EUROPE
AFFILIATED TO THIS BANK. NOW THE PROPOSAL IS THUS:OUR BANK IS MOSTLY
PATRONISED BY FOREIGNERS AND EXPERTRAITS BECAUSE OF OUR ABILTY TO BE
DISCRETE AND SECRETIVE.

FROM OCTOBER I994 TO DATE, WE HAVE LOST EIGHT CLIENTS(DECEASED) AND FROM
THESE EIGHT ONLY FOUR NEXT OF KINS HAVE TURNED UP TO LAY CLAIMS ON THE
ENTITLEMENTS OF FOUR OF THESE CLIENTS.

OUR POLICY, IS TO SEND SEVERAL MESSAGES TO THE EMBASSIES AND HIGH
COMMISSIONS FROM WHERE OUR CLIENTS ARE NATIONALISED TO NOTIFY ALL NEXT OF
KINS ABOUT THEIR DECEASED RELATIVES FUNDS IN OUR POSSESSION.

AMONG THE REMAINING FOUR DECEASED CLIENTS, ONE IN PARTICULAR DID NOT LEAVE
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS NEXT OF KIN. HE IS FROM THE UNITED STATE OF
AMERICA BY NAME ANDREW KING AND HE LEFT IN OUR BANKS POSSESSION A SUM OF
$15,000,000 ($15MILLION U.S DOLLARS).

WE HAVE SENT SEVERAL MESSAGES TO THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES TO SOURCE FOR HIS
NEXT OF KIN OR ANY OF HIS RELATIVES AND ALL EFFORTS HAVE PROVED ABORTIVE.

RECENTLY, WE GOT WIND OF INFORMATION THATTHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
ARE MAKING PLANS TO CONFISTICATE THIS MONEY AND MAY BE SOME OF THEIR TOP
OFFICIALS COULD SIT ON THIS MONEY. THIS WAS WHERE WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES
TO TRANSFER THIS FUNDS TO ONE OF OUR AFFILIATES IN EUROPE.

AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL AND ARE READING IT, THE FUND IS IN THIS
FINANCE HOUSE IN EUROPE AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE SOURCING FOR A RELIABLE AND
TRUSTWORTHY PERSON TO ASSIST US IN CLAIMING THIS FUND UNDER THE GUISE OF
BEING THE NEXT OF KIN TO OUR DECEASED CLIENT.

ALL YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND I
WILL FURNISH YOU WITH ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO OBTAIN
THIS FUND YOUR SHARE OF THIS MONEY WILL BE 40% YOU ARE TO KEEP THIS
TRANSACTION SOLELY TO YOUR SELF ALONE.

REGARDS.
DR.BONIFACE GANI.

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