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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: Michael Addison <m_addison17@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:04:58 +0000
Subject: Good Day Sir,



Dear Sir, I am Mr.Michael Addison, the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance of A.D.B Bank. In my Department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$14M (Fourteen Million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family on 25/07/2000 in a plane crash. After waited for over (6) three year without any positive enquire from anyone in respect of the great German victim of the FLIGHT AF4590 CRASH include all 109 people on board when the CONCORDE PLANE crashed into the Hotelissimo on 25/07/2000. [TRAGEDY OF THE GREAT FAMILY WIPED OUT IN THE CRASH] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm Great Andreas Schranner and his wife Maria together with their daughter Andrea Eich all perished in the concode jet on 25TH JULY, 2000. Sincerely, the above named deceased was with me personally in 1998 when he opened an account with our bank(ADB) in Accra Republic of Ghana, with the total sum of USD$14M{Fourteen Million US dollars only}; appointing me as his personal account officer in charge of credit and foreign bills to his account. Since his death, I have personally waited/watched with keen interest to identify the next of kin to the deceased both in BBC and CNN NEWS but all my efforts has proved abortive. After praying and having a second thought over this great opportunity, I therefore decided to transfer this fund out of our bank with immediate effect for further investment as no one has come to claim his fund and no other person knows about this account except me, the Bank Manager and you alone. I have secretly discussed this matter with the General Manager {GM} of the bank whom I must involve in order to have a smooth and successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank account which you are going to nominate. We agreed to start the first transaction with USD$4M {four Million US Dollars only}. Even an empty account without any money in it, can serve in this transaction provided you are the only signatory to the a/c; to avoid any third party from your side. BUT before we proceed, we must have a Mutual Engagement and Strong Binding Agreement between both of us, so that you will never deny me in future or let me down when this fund reaches to your destination account. Perhaps, Due to the Authentic and Legality of this particular transaction, You should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days, after you would have apply to the bank as the only beneficiary of the fund from the deceased. For further information, contact me via my email address.Remember, our banking ethics here does not allow such HUGE money to stay more than six years without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this long period of domancy. Looking forward for a mutual beneficial and long lasting partnership. I remain Mr.Michael Addison,**************************************************** NOTE: This message is highly confidential to you only. If, for any reason, you are not capable to handle this REAL and GENUIE transaction, get to my knowledge and don't disclose it to anyone else Pls.
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