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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: Micheal greg <drmigr05@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <dr_m_greg@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:39:59 +0100
Subject: Waiting for your urgent respond



FROM THE DESK OF DR. MICHEAL GREG. (AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPT)CONTINENTAL BANK BENINCARRE 101 RUE DE ST JANE 1st FLOORREPUBLIC OF BENIN COTONOU-WEST AFRICA. Email.dr_m_greg@yahoo.frTELEPHONE NUMBER +229 93 435 165 Dear Good Friend, I am Dr Micheal Greg Auditing And Accounting Dept of Continental Bank (C.B.B)Benin Republic in the file/computer department. I got your contact through an internet business proposal so I decide to contact you on this business opportunity. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $14.5m US dollars (Fourteen Million Five Hundred US dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer( Mr J.C.Wolf,) from Texas U.S.A who died along with his entire family on 25th December 2003 in a plane crash. VIEW THIS WEB SITE BELOW

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Since we got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because the management 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 I learnt that all his family died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

Since you are a foreigner like this deceased customer you can easily make this deal with me, I will assist you locate an ATTORNEY who will assist you get every proof document which will help you to execute this money if you can not be able to come down here by yourself. It is therefore upon this discovery that I 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 I don’t want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Benin cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 40 % of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 50 % 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 or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. And the way we are going to achieve this is I will need the following information from you:

Your Full Name and Address,Your Age, Occupation and Position,Your Telephone and Mobile for Communication Purpose. As soon as you receive this letter. I am hoping to hear from you immediately, no matter what your decision maybe. Waiting for your urgent respond.

Yours FaithfullyDr Michael Greg.
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