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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: Frank Peter <dr_farnkp19@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dr_frankp@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:08:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED PLEASE


From: FRANK
ATTN: Sir/Madam,
My name is DR FRANK PETER I,in charge of Credit and Foreign bills of BARCLAY BANK F GHANA LTD,I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number 34-000-720whose name is Bunten Wendy a citizen of United State Of America who perished in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August 6,1997. And for your perusal you can view this web 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$2.5M (TWO Million Five Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been with my branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years, because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

Inview of this I got your contact through a trade journal I will give you 20% of the total. Upon the receipt of your response,I will send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your contact address, private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.
Yours Sincerely,
DR FRANK
00233-2421-30046
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