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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: "SMAT BOONA" <smatboona@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:21:49 +0000
Subject: Greetings My Good Friend God Bless You,Business Assistance Need You Urgent

FROM SMAT BONA,
NO:12 ELIAS CLOSE
5TH FLOOR VICTORIA ISLAND
NIGERIA.


Hello ,

I am an Accountant with Intercontinental Bank Plc,My name is Mr.Smat Bona.A
Banker, I am the personal Accountant Manager to (Engineer Michael)who use to
have the same last name with you citizen of your country, who used to work
with Chevron Development oil company in Nigeria.
Here in after shall be referred to as my client,On the 21st of April 2000,my
Client his
wife and their three children were involved in a drastic car accident Along
Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately him and his three kids lost their
lives immediately in the event of the accident,while the wife was taken to
the hospital where she died three days later. Their bodies were kept in the
mortuary for five months in order to carry out proper investigation by the
police on how to locate their surviving relatives. They have all checked all
available public files and embassies,but all their efforts had proved
abortive.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, no one has been coming for his
account that he deposited with our bank. And due to the banking law and
regulation of 1985 sub section 18d page 103 chapter 11 of the constitution
Governing all banking policy in Nigeria, and in accordance to the banking
decree 003 subsection 45 which stated that any deposited fund which remains
unclaimed after the existing period of four years will be confiscated by the
national treasury department as unclaimed fund. And this has brought too
much agitation in our bank between boards of directors on how to declare
this account unserviceable due to the fact that the deceased has no next of
kin. After the meeting held by the executives of intercontinental bank with
the personal attorney to late Michael on 29th of January2005,they have all
agreed to extend the date to 28th Fabuary 2006.

Consequently have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declare
unserviceable by Intercontinental bank Plc Where the deceased had an account
Valued at about ($15,345 million us dollars). The bank has issued out a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the
next four month. Since no one has been able to locate their relatives for
over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so that this account valued at ($15,345 million us dollars)can
be paid to you and then you and I Can share the money. All the necessary
documents concerning this claim are with the Bank legal department. All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legal arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my
email if you are willing to do this.So what i will require
from you is to send me these details below:

1.FULL NAME

2,CONTACT ADDRESS

3,TEL/FAX NUMBER

4,MOBILE NUMBER

5,Age

6,OCCUAPATION

7,SEX

8,COUNTRY

With these details i will now file an application to the bank as next of kin
to my late client,and send me these details immediately as we cannot afford
delays .

Thanks as i await your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,

Best regard

Mr.Smat Bona


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