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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: "snoopray olanipekun" <snoopray_2003@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:01:29 +0100
Subject: Attension

Attn: Dear Beloved Friend,
I am an accountant with CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK; my name is Dr
Snoopray Olanipekun,a Banker. I am the Accounts officer to ENGINEER ( Hill )
a
national ofyour country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF
PETROLEUMRESOURCESVICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my
client,his wife, and their three children were involved in the Kenya airways
flightwith registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to
destinationLagos and they all family died in this fatal air crash on 30 JAN
2000 Since then I have made several inquiries to yourembassy to locate any
of myclientsextended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over , to locate any member of his family hence I contactedyou. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and propertyleft behind by
my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceableby the bank
where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly theCITIZENSINTERNATIONAL
BANK. Where the deceased had an account Valued at about($35million u s
dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.Or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2yearsnow,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceasedsince
you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this accountvaluedat
($35 million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share
the money.40% to me and 35% to you and 20% for any charity organization in
your country. While 5% for unforeseen bottlenecks we might incur
inthistransaction an attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and
notarizeall the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.You can
get back to me immediately on this issue and your most private phone number
require for easy communication.

Best regards,

Dr Snoopray Olanipekun,

A Banker.

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