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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: <adamuchinkafi1010@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: adamuchinkafi2000@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:48:20 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Bill & Exchange Depart

Dear Brother,

Thanks for your kindness to me towards this transaction, I want you to know that you are the only person who know about this transaction and I promise you that I am here to protect your image and be giving you all fundamental information until this fund enters into your account hence you have
agreed to assist me with all your heart.

What I want from you is to assure me of your capability of handling this transfer with trust by giving me the following information about yourself:

1) Your age
2) Your occupation.
3) Are you married?
4) Tel N.
5 fax no
6 passport copy as attachment

Base on this I will advise you to feel free all is well, I studied this transaction very well before contacting you for assistance.
Well, having served this bank for so many years now and nearing my retirement I deem it necessary to utilize this opportunity of the present unclaimed sum of money in the account sent inconjuction with the first proposal I sent to you to help myself and my family after my retirement through the
investment I will establish in your country with my percentage in the transaction.
There is no doubt about your eligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceased customer and owner of the account number NADB4934109, with the following reasons:

(a)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 transactions which our late customer transacted with the various governments in West Africa.

(b)Owning to his failure to indicate his next of kin to the officials of the bank, it is therefore impossible for the board of directors of the bank to verify the next of kin as well as the true heartier of the fund.

(c)And for the above reasons the managements of the bank authorized me officially as the executive assistant manager, bill and exchange department 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
authorization bestowed on me. And for this reasons you have nothing to fear as your interest and identity will be legally protected.

More so, the only information required from you by the bank is your banking data's as contained in the official application which I will give you to send to our bank after your immediate response because the receipt of your application is the commencement of the official process of this
transaction.
Now I will like to use this opportunity to tell you the detail information concerning our deceased customer. He held account number NADB4934109, ROUTING No: 91002211 with our bank. He died in america with his family as I stated in my first mail. Since his death, this account has been dormant and
nobody has applied to our bank for the release of this money to him or her as the next of kin.

As the Bill and Exchange Assistant Manager of this bank, I have studied this transaction very carefully and I have noted that there are no risks involved. I am here to protect all your interests in this transaction until this money hits your account. Since I am here I shall be giving you all the
developmental information from the bank as soon as this transaction commences.

I know that you will not disappoint me when this money enters 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 you the best co-operation. We
must hurry up with this transaction so that our bank and the government shall not claim and inherit this money because it has over-stayed.

After the bank have approve your application as next of kin to our late customer I will fly down to your country for investment with my own share, but I will advise you to keep it as a top secret because no body known about this transaction except you and I.

For more details contact me with my private number +225 06 18 84 01

THANKS,
DR. ADAMU SHINKAFFII





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