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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: "mike expat" <mikeexpater876yu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mike_expat@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:15:25 +0000
Subject: Greeting from (Mike)Treat as urgent (Joop)

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (UNITED KINGDON)
ROYAL HOUSE LONDON SWIA 0AA
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:   +44-207-060-132         
Fax: +44-207-5048147
 
Dear   Joop ,
 
I am Mike Expat the Bank Manager of standard chartered bank 332 Oxford Street, London W1N 9AA. I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6, 1998, an Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the BRITISH PETROLUEM CORPORATION MR. KAZIM AL JIHADI.
 
Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months, valued at US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity in 2001, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
 
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the British petroleum corporation that MR. KAZIM AL JIHADI died as a result of torture in the hand of Sadam Hussein during one of his trips to his country Iraq. On further investigation,
 
I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR. KAZIM AL JIHADI. Did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
 
These sum of US$29,500,000.00 have been floating as unclaimed since 2001 in my bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones.According to the British law at the expiration of 8 (eight) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the fund and the eight years is the end of December 2006.
 
Consequently, my proposal is that I want to seek your consent as a foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money as the next of kin to the deceased so that the bank will transfer the money to your designated account. All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so I are assuring you that the business is risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest be for me and for investment purpose as I will leave London by the end of the year.
 
The sharing of the funds will be based According to agreement between {both of us} that is, me and you. As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I will furnish you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suit both parties without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
 
PLEASE, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL
 
[1] NAME:..................................................
[2] CONTACT ADD:.................................
[3] AGE: ..................SEX:..........................
[4] TEL.............................. FAX:..............
[6] OCCUPATION STATUS: ..................
[7] COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:....................
Reply to my autonetive email address ( mike_expat@yahoo.es)
 
God Bless you.
 Mr. Mike Expat.
 

 


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