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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Davis Abott" <davisabott@walla.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:07:37 +0000
Subject: Can i trust you?

FROM THE DESK OF: DR. DAVIS ABOTT
DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATION
STANDARD TRUST BANK
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
PRIVATE PHONE: 2348060439342

Dear Sir,
I am Dr. Davis Abott director of foreign operation of Standard Trust Bank. I
Believe you are capable and reliable to champion this business opportunity.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $8m. U.S.A dollars in
account number STB 15-255-5451 that belong to one of our customer an oil
merchant who died along with his entire family in Ivory Coast political
crisis 2002.
Since we got information about his death we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody apply for it as next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. Unfortunately we leant that all his supposed next of kin
died along with him at the accident.
Leaving nobody behind for the claim, now decided to make business with you
and released the money to you as the next of kin of the deceased for safety
and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want
this money to go into government account, as UNCLAIMED BILL.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulated that if such money remained
unclaimed, the money will be transferred into government account as
unclaimed bill.
That is why I want to front you in claiming this money. The request of a
foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the
customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner.
I agree to give you 40% of this money while 60 % is for me.
You must apply first to the bank as a next of kin of the deceased which I
will send to you the text of the application as soon as I receive your reply
hope you will not betray me when this money gets into your bank account
before coming to your country with my family to invest my own share.
Please always keep it confidential kindly indicate your private phone and
fax number for easy communication, trusting to hear from you.
Note please I advice you to reply via email: davisabott@walla.com for the
confidentiality of the transaction.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr Davis Abott
(Director Foreign Operations STB)





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