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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: COLLINS MARK <collinsm_citizensbanknigeria@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:55:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: THE DETAILS.


ATTN: AMARJIT.

THANKS FOR YOUR MAIL.

I AM MR COLLINS MARK A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE CITIZENS BANK NIGERIA.
THIS TRANSACTION IS ABOUT THE SUM OF $18.5 MILLION DEPOSITED IN MY BANK IN A FIX DEPOSIT ACCOUNT BY LATE MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER A GERMAN MULTIMILLIONAIRE THAT DIED WITH ALL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

MY BANK WANTS TO CONFISCATE THIS $18.5 MILLION AND ITS INTERESTS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IF THE NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER DOES NOT COME FORWARD TO THE BANK FOR THE CLAIM OF THE $ 18.5 MILLION.

THIS IS WHERE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING THIS $18.5 MILLION AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER. THE COLOUR OF YOUR SKIN DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE THE LAWYER I WILL HIRE FOR THIS TRANSACTION WILL SECURE ALL THE NECESSARY LEGAL PAPERS FROM THE HIGH COURT IN YOUR FAVOUR AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER.

IT WILL TAKE US TEN BANK WORKING DAYS TO CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION FROM THE DATE I RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS.
PLEASE I DO NOT NEED YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
PLEASE SEND YOUR FULL PERSONAL DETAILS TO ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CONFIDENTIAL REASONS.

I WISH TO ASSURE AND GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS REAL, GENUINE AND LEGITIMATE ALSO.

I ASSURE THAT YOU WILL NOT ENTER INTO ANY TROUBLE REGARDING THIS TRANSACTION.

I SHALL SEND YOU OTHER DOCUMENTS REGARDING THIS TRANSACTION AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AT: collinsm_citizenbanknigeria@yahoo.co.uk

ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED AND WORKED OUT TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEM WITH THE BANK OR THE GOVERNMENT.

TO START THIS OPERATION I NEED THE FOLLOWING DETAILS URGENTLY FROM YOU.

1} YOUR FULL NAME.
2} YOUR FULL ADDRESS.
3} YOUR AGE.
4} YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS OR YOUR PROFESSION.
5} YOUR MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER.

THESE DETAILS WILL ENABLE THE LAWYER I WILL HIRE FOR THIS TRANSACTION SECURE ALL THE LEGAL PAPERS FROM THE HIGH COURT IN YOUR FAVOUR AS THE LEGAL NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER.

AS SOON AS THESE LEGAL PAPERS ARE SECURED AND SUBMITTED WITH THE BANK , THE BANK WILL WRITE YOU AN OFFICIAL LETTER NOTIFYING YOU ABOUT THE PAYMENT OF $18.5 MILLION INHERITANCE FUNDS TO YOU BY A BANK DRAFT.

THE BANK DRAFT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU VIA DHL COURIER SERVICE AT YOUR ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY. I WILL MEET WITH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY TO ENABLE US RECEIVE THE BANK DRAFT FROM DHL COURIER SERVICE. I SHALL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY WITH SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS E.G:

1} LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FROM THE BANK IN RESPECT TO THE $18.5 MILLION INHERITANCE PAYMENT TO YOU AS THE LEGAL NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER.
2} TERRORIST CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE.
3} DRUG CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE.

THESE THREE VITAL DOCUMENTS WILL BE USED IN DEPOSITING THE $18.5 MILLION BANK DRAFT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO AVOID ANY PROBLEM WITH YOUR BANK OR WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT.

AS SOON AS WE PAY IN THE $18.5 MILLION BANK DRAFT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. IT WILL TAKE FIVE BANK WORKING DAYS TO CLEAR AND BE CREDITED WITH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

IMMEDIATELY YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IS CREDITED WITH THE $18.5 MILLION, WE SHALL DEDUCT ALL EXPENSES MADE BY YOU AND I FROM THE FUNDS BEFORE WE SHARE THE FUNDS 40% TO YOU AND 60% TO ME.

PLEASE YOU MUST KNOW THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL AS SUCH YOU MUST KEEP THIS TRANSACTION TO YOUR SELF BECAUSE ANY EXPOSURE OF THIS TRANSACTION TO MY BANK WILL MEAN A TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THIS TRANSACTION.

MY TELEPHONE NO IS : 234 8033 663 577.

I AM URGENTLY EXPECTING YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS AS I INDICATED ABOVE TO ENABLE US CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITHIN THE NEXT TEN BANK WORKING DAYS.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.

MR COLLINS MARK.


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