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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: ANDRE` GEORGE <gdgeorge1960@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:33:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: AMWAITING YOU RESPONSE !!!!!!!


From: Mr George Andrea
Banque PoPulaire Monaco.
Direct line: +377-47612528
Dear VICTIMNAME,

Very sorry I did not inform you duly before sending you this confidential message due to the urgency and confidentiality
I am Mr. Kevin Norman, manager Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of Banque Populaire Monaco, I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this transaction in my department.

We discovered an abandoned sum of euros14,500,000.00 (FOURTEEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Mr. Phillippe Crux who died along with
his entire family in November 2005 in a plane crash on his way from Cairo Egypt to Monaco.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund.

Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.
We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus; 20 % for you as foreign partner,75 % for us the officials in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by us and you during the course of this business.

Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues will come to your country and mind our share.

It is from our 75 % we intend to maintain a lucrative business in your country,
i will be forwarding to you the certificate of deposit, the death certificate, and other vital documents this you will forward to the bank to put claims on behalf of late Mr. Phillippe Crux, this will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for
necessary approvals on your favor before the transfer can be made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of its nature.
And be very kind to respond to my personal email address normanken4all@yahoo.com because I am sending you this message from my official email address and it will not be good to respond to that address
I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
Best Regards.
Mr George Andrea.

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