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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: "donbosco kuru" <donbosco20008@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:44:44 +0100
Subject: reply

FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE TOGOLIASE DU DEVELOPPMENT
FROM THE DESK OF Dr Donbosco Kuru.
LOME-TOGO.
Dear Sir,
Iam the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remmittance department
of banque togoliase du developpment. Iam writing following the impressive
information about you through on of my friends who runs aconsultancy firm
inyour country. He assured me of your

capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US $6.5m dollar(-SIX
million five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foriegn customer who died along with his entirer family in
October,1999 in plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as
indicated in our banking guidlines

and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died along side with him at the plane clash leaving no body behind
for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my
department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the
money to you as the next of kin or relation to the decease for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nob

ody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go intothe bank treasury
as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after four years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasure as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in
this business is occassioned by the f

act that the customer was a foreigner and a togoliase cannot stand as next
of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me and my
collegues. There after I and my collegues will visit your country for
disbursment according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of thid fund to you as arrange,
you must apply first to the bank as relation or next or kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account, your private telephone and fax
number for easy and effec

tive communication and location where in the money will be remitted.
upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business
is hicth-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been

made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
DR Donbosco Kuru.
Manager,

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