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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: "sam okolie" <samokolie@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:31:37 +0100
Subject: URGENT FROM GRAND BANK

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am an accountant with GRAND BANK OF AFRICA PLC. My name is Mr.Sam Okolie .
I am the Personal Account officer to Engineer. Andrew Wilson, a National of
your country,who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM
RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Herein after shall be referred to as my
client On 30 JAN 2000,my client, his wife and their three children were
involved in the Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which
departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board
and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal aircrash on 30
JAN 2000. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful
after these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they getconfiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the GRAND BANK
OF AFRICA PLC .Where the deceased had an account valued at about ($20
Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at ($20 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen bottle
necks we might incure in this transaction an attorney will be contracted to
help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make.

Please indicate your willingness by sending the below information for more
clarification and easy communication.

Your full name.
Your contact address.
Your tel and fax numbers.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through.Iguarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

For security reason please reply to this my email
address:don_okolie@latinmail.com

Best regards,

Mr. Sam Okolie.

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