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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: "Mr.Ibrahim Abd-El-Fattah" <idibrahimn01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:25:16 +0100
Subject: It's confidential (Please reply)


National Bank OF Egypt(u.k)Limited.
TRAFALGAR HOUSE
11,WATERLOO PLACE
LONDON SW 1 Y4 AU
UNITED KINGDOM.
23/09/2005.

I am Mr.Ibrahim Abd-El-Fattah,The Director International Remittance
Officer. National Bank OF
Egypt(u.k)Limited. I have an urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you.

On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with the South Korea
Solid Minerals
Corporation, Mr.Charles Anderson made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months,
valued at $USD25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars) in
my branch.

Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers,that Mr.Charles Anderson died from an auto-mobile accident.

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr.CharlesAnderson did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.This sum of
$USD25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million United States Dollars) is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.

According to Laws of United Kingdom,at the expiration of (seven) years,the
money will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in
as the next of kin to Mr.Charles Anderson so that the fruits of this old
man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ
the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to
obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your
favor for the transfer.


A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide the will, then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70%
for me and 25% for you and 5% for Expenses Incurred in the course of the
transaction.


There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the attorney and with my position as the Director International
Remittance Officer guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested,please reply immediately to my email box.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will
help you understand the transaction.


Please email me back to my private email id( idibrahim001@yahoo.co.uk ) and
advise back with your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication to this email so that we can work together.You should observe
utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest
my share in your country.

Regards,
Mr.Ibrahim Abd-El-Fattah
The Director International Remittance Officer
N.B.E.

It's confidential (Please reply)

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