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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: Andrew Ndazi <andazi27@yahoo.it>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:27:02 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: Kindly get back to me regarding this update


I am sorry for the late response to your mail, this happened as a result of my busy schedules and also i have been out of town.

Based on the requirement, I wish to inform you that you will adhere to the instructions as given in other to expedite this process and get your fund release as quickly as possible.

In lieu of this fact, the fund transfer is being handled by Abbey National Bank Plc, London, United Kingdom in which you will be requested to make endorsements and probably visit the bank for further clarification but i want you to understand that everything has been pre-arranged and all I need you to do is to follow my guidelines and we will conclude this transaction in no time.

An investor will finance the requisite charges been requested by Abbey National Bank and he has opted to receive 6% of the total transferable sum at the end of the transaction so you do not need to bother yourself regarding the expenses to be incurred unless you do not accept the percentage being requested by the investor.

Kindly note that you will have to open an Account with Transportation Alliance Bank in the United States of America since the investor has picked up the interest to monitor all fiscal/monetary funding, so kindly contact the Bank below and endeavour to open an account with them as quickly as you can in order to hasten the release of your funds and most especially finalize this transaction.

I need you to understand that you do not stand a risk in any way, shape or form because everything is okay and your compliance is what is important.
Below is the contact detail of the Bank:

Name of Bank: Transportation Alliance Bank
Website: www.tabbank.com
Bank Toll free Number: 1 800.355.3063

As soon as you get the account ready kindly get back to me so we can take the next step which is taken care of the necessary requisite charges from Abbey National Bank Plc. London, United Kingdom.

Regards

Andrew Ndazi.








































































Amy Chang <amy.chang01@gmail.com> ha scritto:
Thank you so much for your prompt reply! The password that I wish to use to assure that this matter is genuine is "IN THIS TOGETHER". If you can provide me with a photo of yourself holding a sign with this word written on it, I will know for certain that you are genuine and that this matter is for real. I apologize again for having to take this precaution, but, as I have already acknowledged to you, it is necessary, as I have already lost money in a business transaction similar to what you propose.

I will send you my security photo immediately after recieving yours. I have already taken the photo, and if you can provide a photo of yourself, then I will be more than ready to go forward with this matter. My phone number is 44 07092869565 if you wish to discuss this further.

Many thanks,

Amy Chang.

On 10/26/05, Andrew Ndazi <andazi27@yahoo.it> wrote: Dear Amy Chang,

Thank you very much for your response to my recent
e-mail message to you requesting for your interest and
assistance in the proposed transaction already
mentioned to you. As I mentioned in my first mail to
you. I shall go ahead to give you more details about
myself and a clearer picture of the project which I
consider very confidential and important.

Please i understand you fear,I must tell you that this
is not a scam,and i will provide you my working
indentification to enable you know the person you are
dealling with, yes ofcourse you should be afraid
because alot of things are happenning in the world
today,and one need to be careful,I wear to God that
this is 100% pure this my place of work,And i man with
families,Please see my real identity

REAL IDENTITY:
My real names are Andrew Ndazi.I am a 59yrs old, Chief
Credit Officer (CCO), of an international finance
company in Africa. For obvious reasons, I will prefer
to keep the name anonymous for now and we shall relate
only by email until such a time when I do have your
full trust and confidence,and your assurance of my
safety and willingness to assist me in this project.


For over 14yrs now, I have been monitoring an account
in my bank, this account is owned by a certain Mrs.
Belinda, she was a native of the Bahamas. This
account has remained dormant and unoperated for about
14yrs now. Infact I guided her in opening the
account.Mrs. Belinda ,the owner of the account,
died in a car accident in May, 1991 and has since been
buried and forgotten in Bahamas. During the course of
my investigation, I found out that she lost her
husband from whom she inherited her wealth 3
yrs earlier, she had no children or relatives, my
investigations confirm this.



THE PROJECT:


However, she left a very important document written in
her handwriting which was deposited in one of our
secret account vaults , which states among other
things what is to be done with her estate especially
the money she secretly kept in an account which
amounts to $8 million (Eight million dollars) and
deposited in our correspondence Security Company , but
she never got to fill in the details of the
beneficiary before she died.She was very lonely and
actually never had anybody in mind as beneficiary of
the funds.I know
this because I was close to her, some how.The spaces
in the forms(documents) for beneficiary are still
blank and I,only, know this, and I ONLY have access to
these documents in the vault.The document is sealed
and labelled confidential but because of my
priviledged position in the Security Company, I have
viewed the contents, this information is known only to
me in the Security Company.
The lawyer the Security Company appointed to manage
the Estate does not know the beneficiary's name and
would
definitely rely on the document in my possession
document to know the real beneficiary.


WHAT YOU SHOULD DO:
What I need you to do is to act as the next of kin and
beneficiary to the account of the Late Mrs.Belinda
I will present you as the owner of the funds so
you will be able to claim the fund with the help of an
attorney.
This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately
your:
1.Full names in 1990
2.Contact address in 1990
3.Your Age as at 1990
4.Phone/Fax numbers
With the above information, an Attorney will prepare
the necessary legal documents to back up the transfer
of the fund to you as the new beneficiary,and we are
not going to pay the probate Attorney for his service
until the fund is been tranfered into your account and
the probate attorneys percentage is 0.5% which will be
paid immediately you comfirm this money into your
account,I will offer you 40%,50% for me and 10% for
any expense that may incure for the paperworks, the
paperwork is for the finance company(ASCP)
to know that the probate attorney stands on your
behalf to claim your inheritance fund,which the
finance company will commence the transfer of your
inheritance fund within 7 banking days. It will then
be released to you, for us to split. The Attorney will
do all the paperwork and this will guarantee
everything.
Expecting to hear from you soon,
Yours Sincerely,
Andrew.







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