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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: tonikuminkov2005@handbag.com
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:08:31 +0200
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

From The Desk Of Toni simeonov kuminkov
General Auditor Of BANCO sabadell ,Ajalvir
Carlos Ruiz, 27 esq. Ctra. Daganzo Ajalvir
- 28864 (Spain Madrid)
Private Email ;(tonikum2005@netscape.net)
13-AUG-2005

Dear Friend,

Good day to you.

I am Mr.Toni kuminkov the general auditor of BANCO SABADELL MADRID
SPAIN,who is married to a spanish .There is this floating funds which is
to the tune of forty five Million Euro (45,000,000.00EURO) Which as been
floating in this A/C #5005874BS1000
since 1995 after the death of the true owner of the funds late Mr. Alberto
O. COLLINS who was the manager of Diamond Safari (PTY)SA , who died on
the result of a motor accident on the 15Th May 2002. I just came across
his file again when I was auditing all the credit account in BANCO SABADELL
, and I find out that nobody as ever come on behalf of the late Mr. ALBERTO
O. COLLINS as his next of kin to claim the funds.
And I have been monitoring this account since I discovered this
information.In this case I have concluded to contact you if you are reliable
to execute this transaction with me, then I will instruct you on how
to claim as the next of kin to the late Mr. ALBERTO O.COLLINS,so that
the funds could be transfer to your overseas A/C, if only you can co-operate
with me and not to betray me at the end. For your information the first
transfer payment to apply for as the next of kin should be Twenty
million Euros ( 20,000,000.00EURO)
As soon as you confirm your interest and co-operation I will give you the
guide lines on how you can transact with the bank for the approval of the
funds to your A/C. As soon as everything as been put in place for the transfer
I will apply for an annual leave to obtain a visa to travel to your country
for my share of the funds and the sharing of the funds is 55% for me ,
40% for you and the remaining 5% will be for expenses incurred during the
transaction.

As soon as the transaction is over I will secretly destroy all
documents that will lead to the trace of this transfer and go Back to My
Country Because i have work all my Life in Spain As soon as I hear from
you on the above phone line or email I will advise you on how to go about
the transactionas well as to send you an agreement letter that will bind
the both of us together in case of any future misunderstanding when sharing
the funds.Also i want you to send the following information to speedy the
process.

1 Your full name
2 Your Ocuupation
3 Residential Adress
4 Age and your private Telephone number.

I await your soonest respond. tonikum2005@netscape.net
Thanks.

Mr. Toni simeonov kuminkov
Auditor General BANCO SABADELL MADRID SPAIN .


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