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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: mary jelat <mary0999@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mary_jelat013@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 09:31:42 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS MARY JELAT.



FROM MRS MARY JELAT.THE HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT, AFRICANDEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC, WEST AFRICATELEPHONE: +229 97071419 Dear Friend.
I am Mrs, Mary Jelat Head of Files/Records Department and Debt Recovering Unit in the African Development Bank, Cotonou, Benin Republic in West Africa.
Firstly, I must solicit your explicit confidence in this transaction.This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. However, after series of petitions have been received by this regime from Foreign Contractors regarding the inability of the African Development Bank to settle all outstanding debts owed to Foreign Contractors, a committee (which I was the head)was set up to carefully review all overdue debts owed to foreign contractors and recommend for immediate release of such funds with immediate effect. During the investigation period, we discovered an abandoned sum of 35 Million (Thirty five million United States Dollars) belonging to a German business magnate and property consultant, Late Andreas Schranner. The late Mr Schranner died in a plane crash on Monday, 31st July, 2000 alongside his family members. The CNN websiterefers :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information over his sudden death the bank has made frantic efforts to locate his reltions, but all attempts failed. The bank cannot release this funds to anyone except it receives an application from anybody who would stand as the next of kin or business partner to the late customer. It was based on this discovery that my collegues and I conceived the idea of contacting you, based on the good recommendation given to me by a friend who works with the chamber of commerce and industries here. We do not want the funds to be shared by the board of directors of the bank who may wake up one day to declare it "unclaimed funds". We need your unflinching support and cooperation to have the funds transferred to your nominated bank account. Please, note that upon the successful transfer of the funds to your bank account, you shall be entitled to 25% of the total funds as your share. I shall at a subsequent date come to your country to open an account where I will deposit our 75% of the funds. Having done a thorough feasibility study on how to perfect the transfer of the funds to your bank account, your role shall be to send an application for claim of the funds to the bank as a next of kin or business partner to the late Andreas Schranner. I also would require your contact address, telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please, rest assured that the business is 100% risk free. Upon receiving your response to this proposal, I would be most obliged to send to you a text of application for claim of the funds which you will send to the bank. Please, bear in mind that with your strong obedience to my guidance in this transaction, the funds would be transferred to your account within 14 working days.
Please reply with my private email address mary_jelat013@myway.com
I look forward to receiving your urgent response.Best wishes,Mrs Mary Jelat.
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