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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: "=?iso-8859-1?q?DR.=20DAN=20OKEHI=20DIRECTOR?=" <drdanokehi2@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: drdanokehidirector@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 03:19:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM: DR. DAN OKEHI


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: drdanokehi2@yahoo.de

FROM: DR. DAN OKEHI

Executive Director; Guardian Trust Insurance Company (GTIC).

Telephone Number: 0023 453 104881


Good Day Friend


It is my humble pleasure to write you this confidential letter irrespective of the fact that we have not met before. Hence, I solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret as I am writing you in confidence for good relationship. My Name is DR. DAN OKEHI, I am the Executive Director of Guardian Trust Insurance Company (GTIC). I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us. During my official Routing Scrutiny on the Company's Life Assurance Records, I came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased Canadian person (Late Mr. GUARISCO CASSELMAN). He was a Canadian Oil Magnate that had conglometrated corporation in Nigeria and also in Indonesia where his family lived. His death occured so unfornately because during his visit to Oversee his companies and entire Family in Indonesia in 2004, the tragic Tsunami Wave disaster occ!
ured which claimed his Life and that of all members of his family.


Before his Death, he had a Life Assusrance Policy Agreement to the tune of US$48,600,000.00 (Forty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with this Guardian Trust Insurance Company (GTIC). All efforts made by this Company to establish contacts with any other of his relation has proved abortive and unsuccessful. His Life Assurance Policy will expire in the next few months. Right now, the Money is lying unclaimed in our custody and there is no next of kin mentioned in his File with this GTI Insurance Company. There is NO how we can reach any of his relatives as he died with his entire Family during the Tsunami Earthquake Disaster in Indonesia, Asia. Upon my personal finding on this matter, I kept this information secret to myself until now that I am contacting you. In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a foreigner (from a different country), it is Officially important for the involvement of a foreigner who wil pose as a next-of-kin. You c!
an check the website below about the Tsunami disaster. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/asia.quake/index.html AND http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/01/05/missing-list-star050105.html


I will use my exalted position as the Executive Director of Guardian Trust Insurance Company (GTIC) to present you as his Next of Kin to Late Mr. Guarisco Casselman as you can be his relative, friend, Business associate, nephew or Cousin and the Money (US$48.6Million) will be official processed and Safely transfered into your own bank account in your country. I have put in place necessary machinery to ensure a hitch free transfer of this Money to your Bank Account nominate in any part of the world. All I need from you mostly is your trustworthiness, Honesty and good cooperation. As soon as the Money is transfered and confirmed into your account, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 70% will be for me. Later on, I must invest my 70% in your country based on your advise and you will be the Administrator of all the investments that I shall have in your country pending when I will resign from the Services in this GTI Insurance Company.

Therefore, you are expected to send the following information urgently via email today.

1. YOUR FULL NAME

2. YOUR ADDRESS AND COUNTRY.

3. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND FAX NUMBER

4. DATE OF BIRTH AND OCCUPATION.


This sum of US$48.6Million is presently Floating in our GTI account and No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to the Law of my country, at the expiration of Two (2) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the State (Government) if nobody applies to claim the fund. This prompted me to contact you because it is against our code of ethics to own and operate foreign accounts. All necessary documents that will legally prove/ confirm you as the actual next of kin to the former/ Late beneficiary will be processed and secured in your favour. Immediately I recieve your response indicating your interest, I shall send you more details. This is a golden opportunity which we must NOT allow to slip out of our hands. I choose you for this transaction because I believe that good friends can be discovered and businesses such as this cannot be realized without absolute honesty and Trust. You can be rest assured that your security has been considered before you w!
ere contacted. Remember that your Faithfulness, and Confidentiality is mostly required. You can call me urgently on my direct telephone number: +234-5310-4881.


I AM WAITING TO RECEIVE YOUR POSITIVE REPLY URGENTLY TODAY.


Your sincerely,


DR. DAN OKEHI

Executive Director; Guaradian Trust Insurance Company (GTIC).

Telephone Number: 0023 453 104881.

- DR. DAN OKEHI DIRECTOR


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