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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: anpet04@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:35:44 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20MR=20ANDY=20PETER=28URGENT=29?=


Mr.Andy Peter
Bank of Africa Benin.
I am Mr.Andy Peter. head of Auditing,Bank of Africa Benin.
On Wednesday 19 April, 2000 one Mr. Andreas Schranne,
German National, a property magnate, whom I was his
accounting officer made a numbered time Fixed Deposit,valued at $6,550,000.00
Six Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand USD for twelve calendar months
in my Bank Branch. Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered that Mr.Andreas Schranne, his wife and only daughter
was aboard the AF4590 plane, which
crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.

You can read more about the crash on visiting this site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kin the daughter
Mrs.Andrea Eich in the crash. The total sum, $6,550,000.00 is still 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. Consequently, I shall present
you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranne.

Consequently, upon acceptance of this proposal, I will give
you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out. The money
will be shared in the ratio: sixty five percent 65% for me, thirty five
percent 35% for you. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use
my position as the Bank's head of Auditors and his accounting officer to
secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required.

Kindly reply to my private email anpet01@yahoo.fr on your reply include
your

(1)Private telephone/fax number.
(2)Your full name
(3)Your address.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Best regards,
Mr.Andy Peter




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