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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: "mrjames noah" <mrjamesnoah@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjamesnonh2008@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:57:23 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY Sir

MR JAMES NOAH,
AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK,
COTONU,REPUBLIC OF BENIN
WEST AFRICA.
PHONE NUMBER IS 00229 97378615 OR IS EMAIL
ADDRESS(mrjamesnoah2008@yahoo.co.uk)


Dear Sir

With due respect,I am mr.JAMES NOAH,the director in charge of audit and
accounts unit,foreign remittance dept. of the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
ADB),COTONOU,REPUBLIC OF BENIN IN WEST AFRICA. I decided to contact you for
a beneficial and risk-free business transaction.

During our auditing and investigations in this bank,my department came
across the sum of FIFTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS (US$15,520,000.00)only belonging to an international business
man who died along with his family on the 31st October 1999 in a plane
crash,in an Egyptian airline(Egypt - Air- 990) with other passengers on
board. You can confirm this from the website below which was published by
CNN.http:(//www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/21/ntsb.egypt.air/index.html)
OR (www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200111/langewiesche)

Before our discovery of this development,there was no trace of claim from
any person as the fund remains dormant in his account with this
bank.Although I keep this information secret whitin my jurisdiction to
enable us put claims and transfer the said amount through a trustworthy
friend overseas whom we shall indirectly present to the bank as the
bonafide next-of-kin to the deceased for a profitable and successful
transaction - Because after six years the money will be called back to the
bank's treasury account as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the
directors of the bank. So it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his
name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than
allow the bank directors to share this money amongst them at the end of the
year.Meanwhile, all the arrangments to put claims as the bonafide
next-of-kin to the deceased,to get the required approval and transfer of
this money to a foreign account has been put in place.

The directives and the needed information will be relayed to you as soon as
you indicate your intrest and willingness.Infact, we could have done this
alone but because as civil servants we are not legally allowed to operate
foreign account and it would eventually raise an eyebrow on our side during
the time of transfer because we are staff of the bank.These are the actual
reasons why it requires a second-fellow who will forward claims by our
indirect support as the bonafide next-of-kin.And also present a foreign bank
account(Old or New account)where the money will be re-transfered into.

On conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total
sum as gratification, 5% of the total sum will be set aside for contingency,
while 65% will be for me and my partner here.Please you have been advised to
keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to retire from service
after we conclude this with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm
the money in your account,I then come down to your country for subsequent
sharing of the fund according to the percentages indicated above, and for
investment with your advice .
All other necessary information will be sent to you when i receive an email
Pls .

I look forward to your response.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr JAMES NOAH

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