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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: "info@mail.com" <jamesokafor4@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:50:54 +0000
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY READ THIS AND GET BACK TO ME


BANK LOCATION
PLOT 27 MAIN MAKET
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS
Contact 011-234-806 718 4718
CONTACT ME Via (adamsmakoly207@yahoo.co.uk)
Dear Sir/Ma
Let me start first by introducing myself to you. I am
Mr.Adams Makoly,An edit manager with Eko Bank PLC Lagos,
Nigeria. I came to know about you in my private search
for a reliable person to handle a confidential
transaction on behalf of my colleagues and myself.
The Proposition:
Mr. Wolfgang Khan, a German and a prosperous oil
merchant had a sum of eighteen million five hundred
thousand United State Dollars (U.S. $18.5m) in a
domiciliary account in our bank. From the
information available to us here, his wife, Mrs. Helga
Khan was his next of kin and unfortunately two of them
died in the air crash of 25th July 2000 that involved
Air France, Concord AF4590 in Gonesse, France.
Efforts had been made by the management of my bank
through the German embassy in Lagos to contact any of
the children or relatives of Mr. Wolfgang Khan but to
no avail. The bank is still unrelenting in its bid to
contact any of the relatives to claim this money and
in the event of nobody claiming the money, the bank
will declare the account dormant and will be trading
with it freely till eternity.
In order to avoid this and after these several
unsuccessful attempts to contact any member of Mr.
Khan's family, I decided to track Mr. Khan's last name
and that of those he used as guarantors on the
Internet to locate any member of his family or his
guarantors and since you have the same last name as
one of the guarantors, my colleagues and I decided to
seek your permission to have you stands as a distant
relative to Mr. Wolfgang Khan so that the funds would
be released to you. All the documents and proofs to
enable you to get these funds will be carefully worked
out.
Furthermore, the bank has secured from the court an
order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased
relatives. I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.
Please do contact me and let me know about your
willingness. Email (adamsmakoly207@yahoo.co.uk)
Regards,
Adams Makoly
Eko Bank Plc.
Lagos, Nigeria


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