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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: "david moore" <david_moore02@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 09:50:19 +0000
Subject: PLEASE REPLY BACK

FROM MR DAVID MOORE
THE MANAGER OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPT,
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BURKINA
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO.
PHONE: 226 76 44 03 20.

Dear friend,

How are you doing with your family?I presume that all is well with you.I am
the manager of audit and accounting department at the foreign unit of our
bank.I got your
contact from the international directory when i was looking for a foreigner
who will assist me to achieve a great success business that will yeild us
life success. Before i wrote you,i prayed that you will be a honest and
reliable person whom i can work with to achieve this deal of our life.
From my section in the bank, I discovered an abandoned sum of EIGHTEEN
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($18.5m) that belongs to
one of our customer who died along with his entire famillies,on 25TH
JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers
aboard.The name of the deceased man was (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from
Munich,Germany).
N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through this (website)before
you start with me.
Below is the website.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i
was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank
management for the
annual audit of the year.Since the bank got information about the death of
the deceased man, the bank have been expecting his next of kin to apply and
claim his money because the bank cannot release the fund unless a person
from any foreign countries apply for the transfer of the fund as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but
unfortunately i learnt through investigations that all his supposed next of
kin died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the
claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you so that you will apply to the bank to release the
money to you as the next of kin or relation for safety and subsequent
sharing since nobody is coming for it.
For us to achieve this businesss immediately,the percentage ratio for
sharing the fund when the bank release the fund to you must be arranged.So i
accept that thirty percent of the fund(30%) will be for you as a foreigner
for the provision of any bank account where the bank will transfer the money
into including other of your participation during
the process of the transfer,Sixty percent (60%) will be for me as the person
who explores the business,Five percent of the fund (5%) will be for the
expenses which may come forth during the transfer of the fund, while 5% will
be shared to the helpless peoples around us in the world such as ,motherless
babies,charity homes,disable peoples and so on.
Thereafter I will visit your country for sharing the money according to the
percentages indicated above.So for the immediate transfer of this fund into
your bank account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the only
existening next of kin to the deceased customer by indicating in the
application the bank account information where you will request the bank to
transfer the fund into.So if you accept to help me in other to achieve this
great business,i will send to you through email or by fax,an Application
form of claim which you will fill with your account information and send to
the bank for the transaction to start immediately.
Please i would like you to know the following informations.(1.) This
business is HUNDRED PERCENT FREE FROM RISK.(2.)You will not face any much
questions because the application will bear the brief information of the
deceased which the bank may like to know.(3.) If you will follow my
instructions and directives,this transaction will be completed within a
short period of time.(4.)You should keep this business CONFIDENTIAL or
SECRET until the fund get transfered into your account for safety and
security purpose.
Finally,call or contact me through my email address or through my private
telephone number so that we will proceed with this business immediately.
My regards to you and your family.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.David Moore.

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