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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: "Owezime Nwachinemere" <nwachi@internetavous.com>
Reply-To: dr_owezime@postino.ch
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:47:37 +0100
Subject: A HITCH-FREE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP



A HITCH-FREE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP


From: Dr.Owezime Nwachinemere Young.
Manager, Credit and Foreign
Bills,Zenith International Bank
Limited,Lagos-Nigeria.
Reply to: dr_owezime@postino.ch

My name is Dr. Owezime Nwachinemere Young, the manager Credit and
Foreign Bills of Zenith International Bank Limited of Nigeria.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank Mr. Andreas
Schranner, a German National, a property magnate, made a series of
(Fixed) Deposit, valued at $15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) for twelve calendar months with account
number 14-255-2004/zib/t.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address
but got no response. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his company that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard the
ill fated AF4590 plane, which crashedMonday,31 July, 2000 into the
Hotelissimo.

Since the death of Mr. Andreas Schranner, I personally have watched
with keen interest to see his next-of-kin but all has proved abortive
as no one has come to claim his funds of US$15.5m (Fifteen
Million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), which has been with my bank
for a very long time.

On this note I decided to seek for whose name shall be used as his
next-of-kin as no one has come up to be his next-of-kin. In view of
this,I got your contact through my country's foreign trade mission
after I was convinced by providence that your name could be used as
his
next-of-kin.

The request of the foreigner as a next-of-kin in this business is
occasioned by the fact that Mr. Andreas Schranner was a foreigner and
a
Nigerian cannot stand as his next-of-kin to a foreigner.

I agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner
in
respect ofproviding a new bank account/support or we can use your old
account information,while the rest will be for me, thereafter, I will
visit your country for disbursement as I am almost due for retirement.


Therefore, to facilitate the immediate transfer of this fund to your
account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as a relation to
Mr.Andreas Schranner indicating your private telephone number, and fax
numbers for easy communication and the location where the money will
be
remitted. Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or
e-mail the application and the next step to take.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fear, as the whole
required arrangement has been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you.

Your respectfully,

Dr.Owezime Nwachinemere Young.
Reply to: dr_owezime@postino.ch

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