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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: stanley coker <law.coker@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:14:39 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Message/Imortant Asap


Attn: Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day. Forgive me the indignation you may feel if this message comes to you as a surprise or offend your personality because I contacted you through this means without your prior consent.With due respect and regard, I am contacting you to ask for your co-operation in a transaction that will be beneficial to both of us with the hope that you are a reliable and honest person who will co-operate me in the transaction. In a brief introduction,

I am Mr.Stanley Coker a banker and the Head, Internal Audit and Control Department of a bank located in Lome-Togo.

The transaction which I need your co-operation involves the total sum of forty seven million United States dollars (US$47,000,000.00). This deposit was made by a customer of my bank who is a citizen of your country and expartriate oil consultant before he unfortunately died on the 13th day of February, 2003 in an auto crash with his wife and their only daughter on their way to the northern part of Togo.

Upon Maturity of the deposit, the funds was confined to a dormant status where upon I made this discovery and further inquiries by me revealed that he neither left a will nor a contactable next of kin or an extended relation in his entire official document including his bank deposit information with my bank.

According to the constitution of my country, if the funds are not claimed after the expiration of 5 years, the funds will be declared as an "unclaimed asset resource" and the account closed and it's contents bequeathed to the government for public service use.

However, I do not belong to that school of thought which proposes that fortunes of unlucky people should be given to the government for public service use because it's officials would share the funds among themselves instead of using it for public service thus I decided to utilize this opportunity to enrich you and myself.

The reason why I contacted you for your co-operation in the transaction is to ask you to come in or present yourself to my bank as a next of Kin or extended relative of the deceased for the main purpose of claiming the funds so that my bank can transfer the funds totaling forty seven million United States dollars (US$47,000,000.00) to your bank account to enable us share the funds mutually when transferred to your bank account because no body is going to show up to claim the funds from my bank as a next of kin or extended relative of the deceased.

You should not be apprehensive because you are not related in any way to the deceased because as a senior staff in my bank, I have prepared and perfected every underground work that would facilitate your successful claiming of the funds as a next of kin or extended relative of the deceased and I will also guide you on steps to follow.
Needless to say that the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous thus in return I demand your complete honesty and trust.

Therefore this transaction will be based on the following terms and condition as stated below:

1.My conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.
2.That you will treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
3. That you will not ask for more share than what is negotiated or try to sit on the funds or indulge in any form of black mail once the funds is under your custody.
4. That upon receipt of the funds in your bank account, you will release and disburse 10% of the total funds to charity organizations in my country and there after the remaining 90% would be shared by me and you in the ratio 55:45 respectively (ie 55% for me and 45% for you).
Remember that with my support as a senior staff in my bank, this transaction is risk free and will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.
I also hope to conclude this transaction within a short period of time if you accord me your unalloyed support and co-operation.

As soon as you accept the above stated condition and finally indicate interest in this deal, the first thing you should do is to send your full name, contact address and phone numbers for further establishment of trust which would empower me to guide you on other steps to follow.
Moreso, to further cement my trust on you, I require a written agreement or any other proof of loyalty from you when you finally accept this offer.

Yours truly,
Mr. Stanley Coker


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