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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: dan danjuma <danjuma_11@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: peter_emman2@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:30:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: danjuma_11@yahoo.com




CONFIDENTIAL LETTER




Dear friend,



I am Dan Danjuma of Kata Bank of Nigeria Limited, Lagos. I got your

mail from chambers of commerce. I am writing you this letter to ask for

your support and co-operation to carry out a transaction of money

transfer which require secrecy.

The sum of US$14.8Million (Fourtheen Million Eight Hundred Thousand U.S

Dollars) is in a Special Deposit Account that belongs to one of our foreign

customer (Engr. Idris Hussein) who died with his wife and only child in

October 23, 2005 Bellview plane crash. Since this incident, we have

been expecting his next of kin to come forward to claim this money, but we

later discovered he died with his next of kin who happen to be his only

child.


PLEASE VIEW THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4368516.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/index.html

To this effect, we decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who

can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money. We

need a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that

the customer was a foreigner. And we don't want this money to go into

the banks treasure as unclaimed fund as our greedy directors will divert

it for their personal use. Every document to affect this process will

emanate from my table and I will perfect every documents to be in

accordance with the banking laws and guidelines, so you need not to worry or

fear about this. You are required to provide bank account information

for us to use for the transfer of the money.

We will use normal banking procedure and legal means to transfer the

fund legally within 14 working days. I therefore, request your absolute

secrecy and confidentiality for my security. And you need to assure me

that you will not disappoint me after the fund is successfully

transfered into your account.

To assure you of the reality of the transfer, see the attached

Certificate of Deposit, the deceased has with our bank as a Special Deposit.

We have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 35% will be given

to the poor and needy while 30% will be for us here. I will send you

the Transfer Procedure as soon as you indicate your interest. I await

your immediate reply to enable us commence the funds transfer process.

Thanks for your anticipated assistance.


Your's faithfully,


Dan Danjuma



- peter_emman4@yahoo.com


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