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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: "barr.kk barr.kk" <barr.kumanukuff@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: b.kumanukuff@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:15:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: TRANSACTION


Dear Madras House,

I'm in receipt of your email, thank you very much for your respond for working in this cooperation which will boost our financial stand when accomplished, this is genuine business transaction and as we progress you will know that you are dealing with a person of honour and high reputation.

It will be for our mutual benefit provided we are sincere and faithful to each other. This is vital and genuine business transaction and as we progress you get to know that you are dealing with a man of honour and high reputation.

To be candid with you, I have a little practical business experience having been a civil servant all the time throughout my life uphill this old age. The interest of my client is a legal viable business, lucrative profitable business that will provide an avenue for the participation of my client as your foreign investor partner in your country, therefore we shall sole depend on your good advice on type of investment and where the fund will be invested.

However, knowing the fact that you are a person of high calibre and a successful man, trustworthy and reliable to handle a transaction of this nature with capacity to accommodate the fund(USD25M) in your position, I have no single iota of doubt in moving further with you and i here by assure you that all will be well at the end of the day

Knowing too well that your importance and role in this cooperation cannot be quantified, My client has decided to give you %20 of the total fund bearing in mind that it is only you that will be entitled to that 30% while the rest representing %70 will remain for us in your bank account pending my arrival in your country for joint investment partnership in your country, nevertheless you have to ensure me the security of the fund in your position and the protection of my client name . So kindly consider this situation so that we can work together for good and betterment of our posterity.

As a matter of fact the fund is in the custody of bank of Africa here in Dakar Senegal under escrow account for security reasons, the account as been seal and placed domain to avoid any public knowledge about the presence of the fund there with the bank. This fund was deposited with my name by the ex-president of DAKAR CAPITAL OF SENEGAL . His interest is to move the fund out of this country to your country for investment partnership to avoid the confiscation of the fund.

In the above effects, he directed me to arrangement for the movement of the fund to your country for investment partnership, and to avoid any suspicious about the fund i decided to contact you as a foreigner who can stand as the fund manager, the recipients and the new beneficiary of the said deposited fund so that the bank here will approved the fund in your name and make the transfer to your bank account as the new beneficiary.

The only what is needed to confer your name legally as the fund manager and the new appointed beneficiary of the fund is a letter of authorization and court affidavit which will be issued by the court of law here and notarized with your name as stated by the Senegalese commercial law and banking policy base on what the director of foreign payment of bank of Africa told me.

Sequel to the above, there will be need to hire an attorney to process the whole transaction for us officially so that all things could be Legally done to free your name from any breach of law of the land, the transaction will be executed under legitimate process that will provide avenues for the hitch-free transaction and will also call for fast approval of the fund in your favour and smooth remittance to your bank account as the new appointed beneficiary.

I will draft an application letter which you will fill with your personal information and submits it to the bank as the formal application requesting the release and the transferring of the fund to your bank account as the new beneficiary then the bank will direct you on the procedure to follow in order for the fund to be approved and transferred to your bank account immediately, the management of the bank has ensured me that the fund will be confirmed sitting in your bank account within three business days you cooperated with them and follow their directives.

Therefore, i shall forward you the application form i have drafted so that you will fill it with your personal information and send it to the bank as a formal application requesting the release and transferring of the fund to your bank account as the new appointed beneficiaryI believe you understand the confidentiality of this transaction and hope you shall give it honour to sincerely work with me here but this transcation shall be cost some money like drafting power of attorney and other documents which i will contact lawyer for drafting documents.

Hoping to receive the above requested information from you as you receive this email.

Trets as urgent matter.

Sincerely,
Barr. Kumanu Kuff.


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