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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: "ben frank" <benef3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: benef10@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:26:56 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CALL ME ON +226 7650 9277.

>From The Desk Of Of BEN FRANK.
The Head Of File Department,
African Development Bank A.D.B
Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso Annex.
West Africa.
Phone: 00226-7650 9277. this is my private email address:
benef10@yahoo.com
PLANE CRASH WEB SITE...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

("REMITTANCE OF $12 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")

Compliment Of The Season,

On a very good day. I am (BEN FRANK),The Head of file Department in African
developent bank (ADB).I got your contact from Yahoo tourist search.

When i was searching for a foreign partner i assured of your capability and
reliability to champion this businees opportunity when i prayed to God or
Allah about you.In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of twelve
million U.S.A dollars (us$12m) . In an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customer who died along with his entire family on (Monday 31st July
2000) in a plane crash.

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 applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and one official in my department now decided to make this
businness 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 bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclamed after five years, the money will be transfered into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30 % of
this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision
of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the
business and 60 % would be f or me and my woman colleague. There after i
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged,
you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the
money will be remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax
or email the text of the application I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any
atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for thetransfer.

You should contact me on my number 00226-7650 9277, immediately as soon as
you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Your’s faithfully,

BEN FRANK

POST SCRITUM:You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer to
move very smoothly in to the account you will prove to the bank. As you
finish reading this letter call me immediately so that we discuss very well
over this business.

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