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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: "Rosemary Franklin" <rosemaryfranklin@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:22:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME


MRS.ROSEMARY FRANKLIN
STANDARD TRUST INT'L BANK
159,BLANTYRE STREET,
OFF IBB WAY,
VICTORIA-ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

HELLO DEAR,

PLEASE READ THIS EMAIL VERY CAREFULLY AND UNDERSTAND

WHAT I REALLY WANT US TO DO.

I AM MRS.ROSEMARY FRANKLIN.I WORK AS AN ACCOUNTANT WITH STANDARD TRUST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. I WAS THE PERSONAL ACCOUNTANT TO ONE ENGINEER REIJO SAUNAMAKI WHO OWNED AND RAN AN OIL SERVICING COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA. ENGINEER REIJO HAD AN ACCOUNT WITH THE MY BANK WHERE HE DEPOSITED AS THE LAST BALANCE,THE SUM OF $11.9M.

UNFORTUNATELY,MR.SAUNAMAKI IN APRIL 2004 DIED WITH HIS NUCLEAR FAMILY IN A GHASTLY AUTO CRASH ALONG THE IBADAN LAGOS EXPRESS ROAD.

SINCE AFTER HIS DEMISE,THE BANK IS NOT ABLE TO FIND ONE THAT HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUNAMAKI TO CLAIM THIS MONEY AS HIS NEXT OF KIN. MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE MADE CONCERTED EFFORTS, UNKNOWN TO THE BANK SINCE THE DEATH OF REIJO TO TRACE ANY ONE EVEN WITH THE REMOTEST RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUNAMAKI WITHOUT SUCCESS.

I AM THEREFORE CONTACTING YOU TO CO-OPER! ATE WITH ME SO THAT I CAN POSTION YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED AND CLAIM THIS MONEY FOR A SHARING FORMULAR AS THUS:

40% FOR YOU.
10% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES
50% FOR ME AND A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF MY OWN SHARE
WILL BE INVESTED IN INSATBUL WITH YOUR HONEST ASSISTANCE.

I WILL LEAD YOU TO FOLLOW STRICTLY THE LAID DOWN PROCEDURES OF THE BANK FOR CLAIMS SUCH AS THIS IN SO MUCH THAT THIS WILL BE ENTIRELY RISK FREE AND LEGAL.

THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

DR. R. FRANKLIN {MRS}




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