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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Oluwafemi Omolaja" <oluwafemiomolaja@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:01:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED.

Mr Oluwafemi Omolaja.
External Account Officer,
Standard Trust Bank,
Lagos.
Personal Email Bag:
omolaja1979@z6.com

Dear Friend,

I am {Mr Oluwafemi Omolaja},External Account Officer with the Standard
Trust. Bank Plc here in Nigeria . I am writing following the impressive
information about you through an internet geonological research .And as I am
the personal Account Manager to ENGINEER.A,a national of your country, who
used to work with an Oil servicing Firm in Nigeria. Here in after shall be
referred to as my client On April 21, 2003. was involved in a car accident
along Sagamu express way. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost
their lives.Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to
locate any of my client's extended Relatives,but all this has also proved
unsuccessful.

In my department , we discovered a long term deposited fund of ($10.5
million United State dollars) in an account which belong to a foriegn
customer who died along side with his family in a car accident in as stated.
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 car accident in April 21,2003.
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 two years , as the fund shall be automatically transfered into
thenational treasury account as uncliamed bill. As the personal accountant
to the deceased, I therefor decide to make business with you by releasing
the fund { ($10.5 million United State dollars) 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

Your full names,

telephone/fax numbers,

mailing address,

age

occupation.

This informations would be required to enable us carry out effect
process on this transfer based on trust and honesty.

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 .

Your full names,telephone/fax number,mailing address,age and occupation
would also be
needed asap based on trust on honesty .

Please get in touch with me by my private email: E-mail; omolaja1979@z6.com

I look forward to your positive response .

Regards .

Mr Oluwafemi Omolaja.
External Account Officer,
Standard Trust Bank Plc.



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