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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: "Kelvin Smith" <kelvin_smith222@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:18:33 +0000
Subject: urgent asistant needed.

I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith
I am making this contact with you in good faith. I am working with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc, Apapa Branch Lagos. My purpose of writing you is to
ask for your assistance for the transfer of $10.5 million (Ten Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

For your information, there is one Japanese business merchant based here in
Nigeria. His name is Mr. Toshio Kuzito. He was the owner of Kuzito Fisheries
Nig. Ltd, located at No.125 industrial zone, Lagos. Though this company has
now been taken over by the Government of Nigeria because nobody came for
this company after the death of Mr. Toshio Kuzito.

This man died in a plane crash here in Nigeria. He was banking with my bank
and I'm his accounting officer. However, since the death of Mr. Toshio, I
have been trying to contact any of his relative to let his people know about
his money in our bank but I did not receive any response. Now the Management
of our bank has decided to remit this fund in the Government Reserve Account
for ammunition importation in my country if nobody should come for the claim
from now till the month of April. Ammunition importation is not a good
development because it encourages war all over the world.
To the above effect, I have decided to link anybody to stand as Mr. Toshio's
relative / next of kin in order to claim this money since nobody knew about
it. Note that there is no risk involved in this transaction, as I will give
you all information you may need about Mr. Toshio and his banking
relationships with my branch to enable you stand as his next of kin to
receive this money in your account. This transaction will go through normal
banking process.

I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this money. Please if
you are interested and capable to carry out this deal with me, contact me on
phone: or email me back at::

I will send you a specimen letter, you will write to our head office for
this claim. I don’t know you too well before now only that I contacted you
in good faith believing God that you will not betray the trust I reposed in
you by running away with the fund if it enters your account. Note that we
shall conclude this transaction within 3weeks upon your compliance in
applying for the claims to our Head Office, as I will direct you.
$2.5million shall be your share after we conclude this transaction.

Be duly informed that I will be resigning from banking work to come over to
your country for sharing of the money after the transfer of this fund to
your account. I will then engage myself in international business since I
will have enough money for any kind of business investment in Japan after
this transaction. I'm waiting for your urgent response.



Best regards,

Mr.kelvin_smith

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