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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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From: nnamdi okoye <dr_okoye_5@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 03:00:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good Day



From Mr:J .O. Nnamdi.
Head; Treasury/ Credit Unit
ROYAL BANK OF
SCOTLAND.
#36 ST ANDREW SQUAE ADINBURGII
EII2 YB ,SCOTLAND
Dear
Sir/Madam.
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business
proposition having gone through your remarkable
profile on the
internet.Though, this medium (Internet)has been
greatly abused, I
choose to reach you through it because it still
remains the fastest,
surest and most secured medium of communication.
However,this
correspondence is unofficial and private, and it
should be treated as
such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch
free from all what
you may think of.
I am Mr J .O. Nnamdi, Head,Treasury/ Credit Unit
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND.
I am contacting you based on Trust and
onfidentiality that will be attached to this deal. The
Management and
the Legal department of our BANK (ROYAL BANK OF
SCOTLAND) in a recent
meeting, recommended that the account of DAVID
WILLIAMS , who was one
of my branch depositor, should be declared
dormant,confisticated and
the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to Scotland
Banking and financial law. He died in world trade
centre as a victim
of the september 11,2001 incident that befell the
United State of
America,the bank is still unrelenting in it's bid to
contact any of the
relatives to claim this money, you can confirm
through this.
http:
//www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htm
He is
an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar
account with the sum
of US$15.M (Fifteen Million United States Dollars
Only) deposited in a
numbered account.
Infact, it happened that since his death, the next of
kin of the dollar account holder(the brother) or whom
ever that is
related to him has not show up for the claim. This is
where I am
interested on and this is where I want you to come in.
I want you to
come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give
you the contact
of the attorney, you will have to write to, him
Telling him you are a
relation to the deceased and that you have found out
that Mr. DAVID
WILLIAMS has account with ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
which you wants to
lay claims through his legal authority.
He is going to be happy to
assist you. I will be the one to provide the vital
documents for the
claims of the money and then advise you exactly how
we should handle
it.Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home
Address when
replying this mail and I will give you more
information as soon as you
indicate your willingness to assist in this
transaction.
We will use
our position to get all internal documentations to
back up the
claims, the whole Procedures will last only 7 working
days to get the
fund retrieved successfully Without trace even in
future.
After
successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall
share the money
60-40.
Yours truly,
Mr J.O. Nnamdi.
NOTE;PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS
EMAIL BOX;jnnamd33@yahoo.com

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