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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: Godwin Amiri <godwin44ga@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:44:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DETAILES AND EXPLANATIONS.


Thank you for your mail, I promised you to send you my staff id card for more proofs.
Sir in all aspect, I am happy to share this transaction with you, but you have to keep everything, top secret and confidential. This is a business that require 100% absolute secret, it is a business that you don’t allow your right hand to know what your left hand is doing till the fund hits into your bank account. Regards to your part and what you needs to do to get this case settle is your full cooperation is highly and necessary required in this business to ensure a successfully conclusion of this business.

Do understand that both of us, are to work as one term to inherit this fund, as you know I am your insider in this transaction and I promise to be updating you in all developments as your insider. I advise you to feel free with me for all is going to be well with us. I have never contacted any other person in this transaction; I want to handle this business with you alone.

The deceased account holder with our bank was MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER, who only nationalised here in Burkina Faso for (16) years. He held account number, No18463464711. with our bank. He died on the 31st July 2000) with his family in a plane crash. Since his death, this account has been dormant and no body has applied to our bank for the release of this money to him or her as the next of kin.

I shall be giving you all the developmental information’s from the bank as soon as the transaction commence. I know that you will not disappoint or let me down when this money enter into your account, I have all my hope in this transaction because I shall soon go on retirement, I am a simple banker whose credibility is still intact and with my maturity and understanding, I promise to give the best co-operation and we must hurry up with this transaction so that our bank and government shall not claim and inherit this money because it have stayed longer.

There is no doubt in your eligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceased customer and owner of the account number NO18463464711. with the following reasons:

(1.) Before the death of our deceased customer, his true next of kin was not indicated to the board of directors of the bank because of the top secrecy and confidentiality of the business which our late customer transacted with the various governments in West Africa.

(2.)Owning to his failure to indicate his real next of kin to the board of directors of the bank, it is therefore not possible for the board of directors of the bank to know the next of kin as well as the true heritor of the fund.

(3.) The deceased late MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER, did not have any relationships with our bank, he was only a customer to our bank.

(4.) For the above reasons, the managements of the bank authorised me official as the, bill and exchange manger of the bank to verify the next of kin to our deceased customer. Therefore, the bank will always abide by my official directions through the official authorisation bestowed on me.

And for this reasons you have nothing to fear as your interest and identity will be legally protected.

N/B PLEASE: As you know such a business will require international-transaction. So we both shall jointly combine our financial-efforts in any expenses that shall be incurred in the process of this transaction.

Remember that 40% of this fund has being declared for you, in your assistance and all efforts in this transaction as soon as the business is concluded up and the fund transfer into your account in your country.
I hope to hear very favourable from you, so as to enable us arrange and conclude up.
Upon hearing favourable from I shall send you by mail the Application Text which you shall retype in with your banking details and send to our bank for the claim and transfer of the fund.

You are very free to call me through my direct telephone given number below:
00226 7641 7520 (24hours).

Finally remember our weapon key to successful conclusion on this transaction is TOP SECRET TILL THE FUND HITS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

Give me a call immediately you receive this mesag: Telephone 00226 7641 7520.
regards
Mr Godwin Amiri


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