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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: godfrey mandy <god_freyoma@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 04:28:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: THANKS


FROM HONOURABLE BARISTER &SOLICITORS,
GODFREY MANDY ESQUIRES
BENIN - NETHERLANDS UK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE &
COTONOU CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY .
05 OCT 9

ATTN: QUICK IN POSITIVE RESPONSE

I am BARISTER &SOLICITORS GODFREY MANDY , This mail is
written and intended to solicit your assistance to be
presented as NEXT
OF KIN to Paulton Allen, (77, Venice Isles,
Florida,USA) made a fixed Deposit
of Fund valued at USD45M (Forty Five Million United
States Dollars Only) was left on his account .He died
in a plane crash with the entire family on 31st
October 1999 on Egyptian air with other passengers on
board as you can confirm it yourself via the website
below:-
http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm:Since I got
the information about his death as his attorney ,I
have been expecting his next of kin to come over and
arrange for a claim his money .Unfortunately, neither
the family nor the relation has appeared to claim this
money except some vital documents related to the
Deposit still with me.The bank cannot release this
money unless somebody applies as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased. The banking guidelines
indicated that if such money remained unclaimed for a
period of ten(10) years, it would be transferred into
Banque Internationale Du Benin (I.B.D.B) Treasury as
unclaimed fund.

After several consultations with bank, the finally
permitted me to transfer this money into your account
as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for
easy collection since nobody is coming for it and we
don't want this money to go back into the bank's
treasury as the unclaimed debt. Infact ,some
agreements were reached as follows:-
(1) that you 40rates benefits of the total sum,
(2) while mine is 45rates benefits
(3) the bank 10rates benefits, and
(4) 5% takes care of all the expenses that might acrue
in the course this transaction.
So please, as a matter of urgency send to me your
telephone and fax numbers for effective communication.
I
will do my best to see that we conclude this
transaction successfully on time.
Please if you are interested and For the sake of
transparency on this matter, you are free to make
immediate
contact with me through my
e-mai(godfyan05@yahoo.co.uk) for further
information related to this matter.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Best Regards.
HONOURABLE BARISTER &SOLICITORS,
GODFREY MANDY ESQuires




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