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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: "henry lincoln" <henry_lincoln004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: henry_lincoln02@myway.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:17:05 -0700
Subject: Late Engr Leigh Inheritance Fund

MR. HENRY LINCOLN, (ACCOUNTANT)
ACCOUNT OFFICIAL OF INTER_CONTINENTAL BANK PLC
EMAIL : henry_lincoln@myway.com
 
Dear Leigh,


My name is Mr. HENRY LINCOLN,  I work in the credit and accountsdepartment of INTER_CONTINENTAL BANK PLC, Lagos-Nigeria. I write you in respect of a foreign customer with our bank, before his sudden death. His name is Mr.Alam A.Leigh, He was among those who died in a plane crash here in Nigeria in the year 2002 May 4th. Sir,since the demise of this our customer, Mr.Alam A.Leigh, who was an oil Merchant/contractor, I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then no body has come to claim the money in this a/c as next of kin to the late Engineer.


He had Deposit valued $9.5mllion Dollars in his a/c and the a/c is coded. It is only an insider that could produce the code or password of the Deposit particulars.As it stands now, there is nobody in that position to produce the needed information other than my very self considering my position in the bank as his account officer.Based on the reason that nobody has come forward to claim the deposit as next of kin, I hereby ask for your cooperation in using your name as the next of kin to the deceased to send these funds out to a foreign offshore bank a/c for mutual sharing between myself and you. At this point I am the only one with the information because I have removed
the deposit file from the safe.


I will need your full name and address,telephone and fax number for the processing of the transfer in your name and favour. Finally i want you to understand that the request for a foreigner as the next of kin is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and for that reason alone a Nigerian cannot represent as next of kin. When you contact me, then we shall discuss the ratio of disbursement between us. I remain

Respectfully yours,
MR. HENRY LINCOLN
(ACCOUNTANT)

ACCOUNT OFFICIAL OF INTER_CONTINENTAL BANK PLC.

PLS REPLY BACK TO: henry_lincoln@myway.com
PLS REPLY BACK TO: henry_lincoln@myway.com



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