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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: "MR FRANK HAYES" <hayestgfuhyt6r@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frankhayes200@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:05:43 -0800
Subject: TREAT AS IMPORTANT

FROM:MR FRANK HAYES
MANAGER BANK OF IRELAND,
LONDON BRANCH,
BERKEEL SQUARE
PRIVATE BANKING
20 BERKEEL SQUARE
LONDON W1J 6LL

Dear sir/ma.

I am MR FRANK HAYES. Bank Manager of Bank of Ireland London Branch, of
London, I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. (
MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany)who died along with his entire
family on Monday, 31 July, 2000, in a plane crash. he was a
consultant/contractor with the London National Petroleum Corporation London,
MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen- Million Dollars) in my
branch. Upon maturity, 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 London National Petroleum
Corporation that MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER died along with his entire family of
a wife and his only daughter in air crash with Air France Concorde plane in
London, you can view the below
website to confirm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
On further investigation, We found out that he died without making a WILL,
and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paper work in my Bank. This sum of US$15,000,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal
sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to London Law, at the expiration of 6 (SIX) years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the London Government if nobody applies to claim
the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner
to stand in as the next of kin to MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER so that the fruits of
this old man’s labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full
names and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents
and affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall
employ the service of one Attorneys for drafting and notarization of the
WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any
part of the world, which you will provide, will then facilitate the transfer
of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me, 35% for you
and 5% to be used to settle both local and international taxes or any
financial expenses in the cause of moving funds to you.
. The Vide Remittance Code Number is : (MA791RBZ53AFR06) and
File Approval Number is: (ATB/GH07/TR9US/2004).
There is no risk at all as all the paper work for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply immediately . Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply

MR FRANK HAYES

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