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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: "prin man" <prin_man002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: princewill_manga2008@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 23:57:57 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK DR PRINCEWILL MANGA

FROM THE DESK DR PRINCEWILL MANGA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SAFE-KEEPING DEPARTMENT.
SAHEL TRUST AND SECURITY INC.
COTONOU,BENIN

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr Princewill Manga.I am the Executive Director incharge of CASH
LODGEMENT in the Safekeeping Department in my Trust Company.
I got your contact in the internet in my search for an trustworthy person
abroad who can assist me to execute a big business deal that i discovered in
my company.My instinct motivated me to write you.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of TwELVE MILLION, SIX
HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$12.6MILLION) in a deposit vault that belongs
to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in
December 2003 Plane crash in Benin

After we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or any of his relatives to come over and claim his money in our Trust
Company because we can not release it to anybody unless some body applies
for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as the law stipulates but
unfortunately he died with his wife alongside with his two Children who were
his registered Next of kin to his money in our Trust Company leaving nobody
behind to inherit his money that he kept in our Company`s vault.
It is upon this discovery that I and two other top officials in Our Trust
Company decided to make this business proposal to you in anticipation to
releasing the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased owner. We
solicit for your full cooperation and partnership with us in releasing the
money to you and thereafter share it among ourselves since nobody has come
to claim it besides we don't want the money to go into the Central bank
treasury Account as unclaimed money.

Our banking laws state that if such money remaines Unclaimed after Three
Years( 3yrs),the money should be transfered into the Central bank treasury
as unclaimed fund.It will be converted to State Government money if it
remains Unclaimed for Three years.

Our request for a foreigner like you to act as the next of kin to the
deceased in this business is occassioned by the fact that the dead
customer(Owner) was a foreigner and a Citizen of Benin cannot stand as Next
of Kin to claim the money.

We have agreed that 30% of the money shall be your share for your role in
providing foreign Account for the transfer of the money,5% shall be set
aside for all the expenses incured in the course of transfering the money to
your account while 65% would be for me and my colleagues in office.
Thereafter I and my colleagues will visit you in your country for
disbursement and sharing of the money in accordance with the agreed
percentages as indicated herein.

For us to get started, you must apply first to our Trust Company as the
rightful next of kin to the deceased and beneficiary of the unclaimed funds
in our Trust Company.
Upon your acceptance of this great offer, i will send to you all the
important personal information of the deceased depositor and other relevant
information which you will use to apply for claims in our Trust Company as
the rightful Next of Kin to the Deceased and Inheritor of the
US$12.6MILLION.
I must not hestiate to bring to your knowledge that this transaction is
completely Risk-Free both now and in Future.There is no need for you to be
scared. Rest assured that we have already made all the necessary arrangement
beforehand for the smooth and safe transfer of the money to your account
before contacting you for assistance.
Please,contact me for more explaination and directives upon your accepatnce
to work with us on this matter.

Yours Sincerely

Dr Princewill Manga

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