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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: "dr akim" <dr2011akim@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: yakube_akim6752bf@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:49:00 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ AND REPLY IMMEDIATELY.

Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met
before, but need not to worry as I am using the only secured and
confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a
business. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one
is informed of this communication.

My name is Dr.Yakube Akim. I am the bill and exchange manager in African
Development Bank.I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our
both families.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Bank who perished along
with his next of kin with Korean Air Line, flight number 801 with the whole
passengers on 6th of augustus 1997 and for your perusal you can view this
site http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of US$8.3M (Eight Million Three Hundred Thoudsand
United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very longtime.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as theNext
of Kin since nobody is coming for the fund again. The Banking ethics here
does not allow such money to stay more than 12 years, because the money will
be recalled to the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through the internet when I was making a
research for a foreigner that I will use in this great opportunity because I
dont want the money to be recalled to our Bank treasury as uncliamed fund.

I am offering you 40% of the total sum if you agree to execute this
transaction with me and the rest 60% will be for me.

The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact that the deceased
man was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding our Bank for
a citizen of this country to make such claim.

This is the reason while the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to
apply for the release and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable
Bank account.

If you are really sure of your integerity, trustworthy and confidentiality,
and accept not to cheat or disappoint me after this business, reply with
your telephone and fax numbers and Banking account details where you wish to
receive the fund.

Upon receipt of the above mentioned informations,indicating your interest in
the business,I will draft and send to you by fax or e-mail a letter of
application which you will re-copy and send back to our Foreign Remittance
Department in our Bank, for easy execution of the transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
dont have any negative implication .Please you should not entertain any fear
as I have made all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund
to your account. This transaction will be completed within 14 Bank working
days immediately we start the business.

Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in your country immediately after the
transaction.

Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if you are not
interested.

Regards,
Dr.Yakube Akim
African Development Bank.

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