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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "John Adams Mamadao (Acct)" <johnadams@seznam.cz> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnadams_ebox@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:28:20 +0800
Subject: Reply me Urgently !!!

From: Mr. John Adams Mamadao
Address: Côte d'Ivoire SA 01BP 4107,
Immeuble Alliance,1 Av Terrasson de Fougères,
Abidjan 01,Côte d'Ivoire West Coast Africa.
My Private Email: mr_johna47@gawab.com
FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER
Your Kind Attention,
Peace be unto you!
I am Mr. John Adams Mamadao, an Accountant Officer with one of the most standard BANK in Abidjan - Cote d' Ivoire West Coast Africa, I shall forward you detail information disclosure of my profile as soon as I receive your response to business proposal. I wish to solicit for your sincere co-operation for a business relationship and I want you to keep the business transaction confidential, this is a dream project that I have long thought of means to achieve. I need a Foreign partner who will sincerely work with me with one mind to achieve this long awaited dream and project, which is once opportunity in life time. On 14 October 1998, a German mining and Real Estate consultant/contractor with French Cameroon Elf Petroleum and Agip Energy joint Natural Resources project, Mr.Andreas Schranner, he made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve (12) calendar months, valued at US$14.250, 000.00 (Fourteen Million, two Hundred and Fifty Thousand US$ Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a Reminder and finally I discovered that Mr.Andreas Schranner was dead. He Died in the plane crash incident of 31 July 2000,
For more detail: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I therefore made further investigation and discovered That Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any Next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork which he kept with me in my Bank of which only I know about this. This sum of US$14,250,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. Upon my confirmation with facts, No one will ever come forward to make this claim as I have searched and discovered till this very moment in 2007.
According to Cote d' Ivoire Law, at the expiration of 10 (Ten) years, the money will be revert into unclaimed account of the government which automatically will become Government unclaimed treasury when it get to the account, if nobody applies to claim the fund, it will not be beneficiary to me if I allows the funds revert into unclaimed account and becomes Government Unclaimed treasury, I see this as a life time great opportunity to make a change in my life and in my entire home, knowing that one day am going to retire, I can not work for someone else all my life, it is for this purpose I need a reliable Foreign Partner to relate and work with me with one mind and sincerity for the transfer of this fund into your account in your country, upon an agreed percentage share and honest assurance.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.Andreas Schranner being a foreigner too and I will confidentially back you up over here so that the fund will be release and transfer to us as the next of kin with help of some of the required documents which he kept in my custody before he died on the incident that occurred.
This is simple, upon your interest to reply me Urgently include:
1.) Your full Name and Address,
2.) Your direct Phone/fax number - For easy communication and constant update corresponding. I shall use your Name/address to secure some of the needed documents for smooth conclusion of this transaction and immediate release of the fund into nominated Bank within 15 banking working days. The money will be paid into any of your provided Bank account.
I am motivated in contacting you and hope to gradually build trust and relationship with you and confidence as I get to know you better daily. The Needed documents that covers the Deposit of the funds are in my custody as given by my Late Customer Mr. Schranner Andreas and no one is aware about this and must remain confidential, I will confidentially take care of that. I will affirm that I have a deal with you if you assure me to work with me with one mind.
I willing to offer you U$3.5 Million USD for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this money into your country and I will require your assistance for investment in your country. But we shall have an Agreement to the effect that you WILL NOT take or spend out of my retain percentage as written.
Prefereably do to reply me through my private e-mail address as below: mr_johna47@gawab.com Please observe utmost confidential, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us, I will also require your assistance to invest my share in a profitable business in your country.
Upon your response, I shall provide you more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction in order to avoid mistake as we achieve this goal successfully.
I await to hear from you soonest.
Best regards,
Mr. John Adams Mamadao


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