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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: <judeakudi5@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:47:26 -0800
Subject: Let's talk on Messenger!


FROM:MR. JUDE AKUDI,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE TOGOLAISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE,
(BTCI)LOME- TOGO

Dear Marga,

I am Mr. Jude, from the western part of TOGO LOME working with the above bank. I will want to seek your assistance after my discovery during auditing in this bank, after getting your contact via the web intelligent directory then, I as the head of Auditing department discovered an abandoned sum in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in 26th of December 2004 Tsunami natural disaster where he lost his life and whole family who were on holidays in Phuket Thailand Since we got this 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 deceased as indicated in our banking and financial policies but unfortunately we learnt that his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him in the crash leaving no body behind to claim the money.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and decided as the head of this department to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed bills.Do not view this as been illegal but to help people like us that have no hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds of the bank because if you dont assist us the bank will lay hold on this money.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after long period, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The total sum in question is:US$14 million US dollars (FOURTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indegine cannot stand as next of kin to the deceased family and moreover we as bankers are not allowed by law to operate foreign accounts.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged into your account, there are certain banking protocols to be followed in which i am very ready to furnish you with details and guide you accordingly.

However, note that this business is 100% risk free, and i am prepared to offer you 35% for your assistance in this business, 60% for me and 5% for transfer expence to tranfer the fund into your account. The following website shows the extent of my discovery in which i saw the deceased name and families included and the next of kin dying along with everyone, hence leaving no next of kin. The website is http://missingpersons.or.th/index.en.html ,http://tsunamimissingamericans.blogspot.com.

The above website is for your own sighting for you to have full knowledge of the venture and partnership we are about bring together in unity and oneness of mind towards good success. Hence, i am waiting for your response in this respect for us to proceed while i give you ALL neccessary details, accordingly.

Your partner and friend,

Mr. Jude Akudi.


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