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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: "evans olabisoye" <olabisoye@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:48:18 +0000
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME

From: Evans Olabisoye

Hello ,

I am { Evans Olabisoye }, accountant for foreing bill of exchange operation
department of the Standard Trust Bank Plc here in Nigeria. I am writing
following the impressive information about you through an internet
geonological research .
In my department, we discovered a long term deposited fund of { $6.5, 000
000 M } Six and a half Million United States Dollars in an account which
belong to a foriegn customer who died along side with his nuclear family in
a plane crash on December 26th 2003 in Republic of Benin. The Late engineer
was a very reputable client with our bank.
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 plane
crash on December 26th 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 four years, as the fund shall be automatically transfered into the
national treasury account as uncliamed bill. As the personal accountant to
the deceased, I therefore decide to make business with you by releasing the
fund {$6.5 , 000 000 M } 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.
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.
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is highly
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian
cannot stand as a next of kin to a foreigner. We agreed that 40% that is
negotiable of this money would be for you as foreign partner. Thereafter my
two colleagues and I will visit your country for the disbursement /
investing our share according to the percentages indicated. Please be honest
to me. I look forward to your positive response. Please note that you are
not to appear in person as everything regarding this project will be
strictly handled by a lawyer and every banking documents needed for this
transaction will be taken care of by a lawyer.
Please view the website below:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Regards.

NOTE: Make sure you reply to my email through this address below for
confidential communication that this transaction require.
Alternative email: evans1769@yahoo.co.nz

Mr Evans Olabisoye
Acct Foreign bill of exchange
Standard Trust Bank Plc


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