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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: "henry emeka" <henryemeka25@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 18:11:26 -0700
Subject: URGENT REPLY


*FROM THE DESK OF MR HENRY EMEKA
ACCOUNTANT OF OCEANIC BANK
INTERNATIONAL PLC,FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPT,CORPORATE OFFICE,VICTORIA
ISLAND,LAGOS BRANCH NIGERIA.
Email:henryemeka222@yahoo.it
TELE:+234 8034908370 *

*Dear Friend, *

*I am an accountant of OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC, at foreign remittance
department. There is a business I would want you to champion for me.In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of ($35,000,000.00 U.S) thirty
five million US dollars) . In an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer who died along with his entire family in November 2001 in a plane
crash. *

*Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin's or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make
this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed bill the Banking law and guideline here stipulates
that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be
transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. *

*The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burnable cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 35% of this money will be for you
as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of an foreign account, 20%
for any charity organization in your country while 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 40 % would be for me. There after
I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated. *

*Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
You must apply first to the bank as relations of next of kin to the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the
money will be remitted. *

*All modalities of this transaction have been carefully worked out and once
started will not take more than SEVEN (7) working days, with your in full
support. this transaction is 100% risk free. It involves no any implication
and no any precaution there after. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send
to you by fax or email the text of application which you will fill and send
to the bank for immediate claim. I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any
atom of fear as all required arrangements has been made for the transfer. *

*You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this
letter.PLEASEENDEAVOUR TO REPLY ME IN THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY
MEASURES
**henryemeka222@yahoo.it* <henryemeka222@yahoo.it>

*Trusting to hear from you immediately. *

*You can call me on my cell Phone:+234-8034908370 *

*Yours faithfully,*

*Mr.Henry Emeka*

*OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL
PLC,FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPT,CORPORATE OFFICE,VICTORIA
ISLAND,LAGOS BRANCH NIGERIA.
*

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