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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Frank" <frankali0001@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:27:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CALL ME FOR MORE INFO.


My Dearest VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,How are you and your family?Thanks for your urgent response to my message,and thank you for your mail which is in response to my proposal to you and I want you to but interest in the transaction to transfer this money to your bank account,i need you to realy understand the fact of every issue regarding my needs . Yes i know that you are not the real relative of this people but i want to use your name to claim this money from our bank ,because our bank have be looking for the relative to come forward to claim this money but they are no where to be fane but if you can work with me to claim this money to your bank account i promise you there is no going to be poor between us and our family . what our bank need is who can come for this money as a forigner so i decded to cantact you and to use your name to get this money out from our bank .Please Considering the confidentiality and secrecy involved in this transaction. Let me go straight to explain more on
the event that led to this before I expatiate on the project proper. The deceased customer, Mr.Mark Kogan was a big customer of the Bank. (where I work), he operated a coded account with us and died on a plane crash on October 31st 1999.No bodies was recovered from the crash site because of very poor rescue facilities. However, they were given a ceremonial mass burial near the crash site.He was born in America with American parents from 60, Sweet Home, Oregon but he was fully known as an American but orign of AUSTRELIA. He was a civil enginner who had handled so many projects here in West Africa. He had a wife named Mrs. Anna Kogan, of course all of them were on the same plane. The name of his company was RTE &amp; BROTHERS INC , but folded up after his demise.The above is quite a few of his bio-data but if you need some more specific information on him or clarification please go ahead and ask as I just cannot figure out the precise information or details that you would want
to know.You must understand that in the banking industry chances or opportunities like this are common but not heard. People put their monies in banks and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated, therefore, when such people die what do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for their claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues good monies are made within and amongst the bankers. Normally, when something like this happens in the bank, it is reported to the management. The Management can only wait for five years for a next of kin to show up without publishing it or making it public because of course, false claimants must definitely show up.Therefore, it is not published and the bank only waits for the real heir to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in the late "customers will" which would be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled to such estate. So the bank gives five years for
this, and if no claimant comes forward then the Management sends the money to the Debt Re-conversion Department and the account is closed.Now the question is, who runs the Debt Re-conversion Department and who is the Management? The answer is simple. The Chairman, Managing Director and Board Members. These are individuals and these monies are shared by them and nobody asks questions period. Infact these issues are not even discussed outside board meetings.To explain myself properly, I am not a board member and of course, I am not part of the Management and I am not rich, therefore, if I have this opportunity and throw it to the wolves, then I must be the most "foolish-man" that has ever lived. I have fully put everything in place and since this is not an opportunity open to everybody,I do not see anything wrong or "fraudulent" in what we are doing as long as we are not hurting who should not be hurt period. Because I am quite sure of what I am doing with you and that is why
we have to proceed immediately to transfer this fund into your bank account .However, this project involves a large sum of money and I would want you to take your time before we commence. I occupy a very sensitive position here in the bank and I want to be very careful so that the project is closed very smoothly and successfully.I need your response as soon as possible so that I will know what your position is before I give you details of the project. You can understand that the money in question is huge amount, so we both have to be very careful and sure of what we are doing before we commence. I will explain how this payment is going to be processed and paid into your account in my next mail.As soon as you state your position in this transaction, I will send the Payment Application Draft to you for completion and submission, this will automatically signal the commencement of the transaction.This project remains absolutely confidential and I have also gotten a confidential
line for this transaction(our country code is +228)therefore for further clarification call me on +228 -92 54 85 3 .Please email me with your Full contact Address so that we will always keep in touch with each other for the success of this impending transaction.Best regards,Mr Frank Ali.

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