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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: "MRS ROSE TUNDE" <rosetunde2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrsrosetunde2000@yahoo.es
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:41:30 +0000
Subject: MY FRIEND DON'T DELAY?

FROM:MRS,ROSE TUNDE.
AUDITING & ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT,
UNITED BANK OF AFRICA(U.B.A),
No 10 Amadu bello way
Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria.

I know that this letter may come to you as a suprise. I got your contact
address from the Internet when I was searching for a business partner My
name is MRS.ROSE TUNDE. I am the auditing and accounting Manager of united
bank of africa (U.B.A) ,Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$11.5 Million (Eleven
Million Five Hundred thousand US Dollar). In an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customer MR Gerald Welsh, who died along with his wife and
children in a plane crash in 2003 plane
crash.Since we got information about his death,Please i will like you view
this website;
http://www.bromike.com/departed/egypt.html]

The bank have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his
money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as the
next of kin or relation to the deceased, as indicated in our banking
guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind
for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it because I don't want the money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late
customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. I have agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as foreigner
partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.10% will be set
aside for expenses incurred during the business and
60% would be for me, after which I shall visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as i
arranged,you will furnished me with a good receving account detail where the
money will be transfered,your private tel and fax number for easy
communication.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%
hitch-free on both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the
transfer.Please I would like you keep this transaction confidential and as
a top secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official.

Trusting to hear from you immediately with this my E-MAIL ADDRESS
mrsrosetunde2000@msn.com


Yours Sincerely,
mrs.rose tunde



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