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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: "Clement Arocher" <clemaroc_093@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:24:11 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY


Subject:  FIRST ATLANTIC BANK Plc.
Date:  THUR,27,oct 2005
FIRST ATLANTIC BANK Plc.
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS NIGERIA.
(clemaroc_87@excite.com).

Dear friend,
I am Mr.CLEMENT AROCHER, senior accounts/audit
department, in FIRST ATLANTIC BANK Plc. DR. GEORGE
BRUMLEY, who was a contractor with Shell-development
Company in Nigeria and a personal friend Died and left
behind his deposit in this bank (FIRST ATLANTIC BANK Plc) valued
USD25.5m
I am writing to seek your cooperation over this business deal. In my
department, I discovered an abandoned sum of USD 25.5m(Twenty - Five
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) only , in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,
East Africa, the Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta,
United States of America but resident here in Nigeria, West Africa
and a physician.
Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because
it cannot be released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin
or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines
but unfortunately, all his supposed next of kin or relation died
alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind to claim
the money.
Therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you via your
foreign bank account as the next of kin or relation to the deceased
for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it
and this money Could go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred
into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for your
assistance and maximum co-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as
the next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the
deceased customer was a foreigner.40 % of this money will be for you
as my foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
account. and 60 % would be for me. There after I will come over to
your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the relation or next
of kin to the deceased, indicating your claims and where the money
will be remitted into.Upon receipt of your respose indicating your
willingness to work with me,I will send to you by fax or email the
contact information of my bank manager which you will use to submit
the application and I will direct you on how to do that. I will not
fail to bring to your notice  that this transaction is strictly
confidential and I will use my position in this Bank to effect a
hitch free transfer of the fund and that is to say I guarantee that
this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.
Please get in touch with me through this email: (clemaroc_87@excite.com)
please send to me your full name telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.
You can visit the website below for more information
about the Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his
entire family, Late  DR GEORGE BRUMLEY.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
Awaiting your urgent reply
Thanks and my regards.
Mr.Clement Arocher
 
 

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