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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: ike serah9999 <ikeserah9999@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kevendavid33@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:44:28 +0000
Subject: Dr.Keven David,




Dear Sir, I am Rev Dr.Keven David, the manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Payment Remittance Department of the CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business oportunity in my department. We discovered an abandoned sum of $10,500,000.00 (Ten million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family (The wife and Children) were involved in the explosion in Lagos,Nigeria, Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and put claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered the maintained account with our bank, otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund. We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus: 30 % for you as foreign partner, 65 % for us the officials in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by us and you during the course of this business. Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues will come to your country and mind our share. To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose the following information:- Your Full Name: ___________________________Your Complete Address:_____________________________Name of City of Residence: ____________________Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):____________________Direct Telephone Number:_____________________mobile ____________________________Number:_______________________________________Fax Number:____________________________________ You are to send this information to my email address to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made. I look forward to receiving your prompt response. Yours Faithfully, Rev Dr.Keven David,Managing Director CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC.
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