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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: =?utf-8?q?tony=20frank?= <tony_frank016@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: tonyfrank224@katamail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 11:25:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLEASE.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: tony_frank016@yahoo.com.ph




FROM THE DESK OF MR. TONY FRANK,

AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,

FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,

UNION BANK PLC,

NIGERIA.


Dear Sir,

Permit me to introduce myself to you, My name is MR.TONY FRANK., I am

one of the Senior Managers in the bank I work for (Union Bank,

Nigeria PLC)and I work under the Director of Foreign Exchange

Operations

(International Remittance). I am contacting You presently because I

need your urgent assistance in a business transaction that will be

of immense benefit to both of us.


I have the immediate need to transfer some money that has long been

declared "UNCLAIMED" by the chairman and some members of the board of

directors of our bank. The money is the closing balance of one of our

best customers ever, Late Engr. Manfred Marshall, I was his

personal account officer just before he died in the ADC plane crash

of 1996 in Nigeria.


Engr. Marshall an American citizen was a contractor with the

Federal Government of Nigeria, he supplied and installed equipment

and

his company Creek land Contractors completed some of the best

construction contracts in the country. His closing balance in the

Bank, Union Bank of Nigeria PLC (US$25.Million) has been tagged

Unclaimed because no relative of Engr. Marshall has come forward to

make a statement of claim. We have no knowledge of a next of kin.

At this point I trust you can picture what the situation is like.

We have strong proof that the chairman and the board of directors

will keep most of the money for themselves and use it

for their personal use, hence my mission.


My colleagues and my self have made several attempts at locating

persons that could be remotely related to Engr. Marshall and we have

been doing this for about 4 years without sucess,I have presently

decided on moving the money to a foreign account. I am hereby

soliciting your assistance and I will be very grateful if you will

be willing to help in this regard.


We have access to most of what it will take to transfer the money. The

only thing we do not have is a safe account. We will provide you with

answers to all the security questions, which you will have to

answer to move the process towards completion. We will also provide

you answers to questions that only a person related to him will

know. You may however not need to make any appearance; every thing

will be concluded on phone and email between you and the bank

[UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS] for your participation you will get

30%, 5% has been earmarked for the expensesthat may be incurred on

both ends. 65%shall be for my colleague and I.I make this proposal

in trust and in good faith, therefore, if you are interested and

you agree to assist me then contact me immediately you receive this

email, there is a lot more to talk about. If you are not

interested, then, please, do get rid of this email and please

forgive me if this message has upset you in any way.


Thank you and best regards.


Mr.TONY FRANK .













- tony frank


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