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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: yako benson <yakob0003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <yakochambers@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:04:54 +0000
Subject: i need your helps



FROM THE DESK OF DR YAKO BENSONCHIEF CORPORATE OFFICERUNION BANK OF AFRICALOME,TOGO.WEST AFRICA. Dear Sir/madam, Compliments of the day to you. I am the chief corporate officer in the foreign remittance department of Union bank of Africa here in lome ,Togo. I am writting to seek your coperation over this transaction,after the annual auditing of the year 2006,I discovered an abandoned sum of $26,000,000 USD(Twenty six million United State dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,East Africa,the Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY,a citizen of Atlanta,United States of America. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately,all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It's therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you to make sure his balance of fund will be released to you via your foreign bank account as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and this money could go into the Federal treasury as "unclaimed Bill". The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclamed after four years, the money will be transfered into the federal treasury as unclaimed fund.I think it will be better for us to put a major part of this funds into helping people suffering from aids,orphans,displaced persons,etc and keep some percentage,instead of letting some dubious leaders put this funds in their personal pockets. The request for your assistance and maximum co-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner and a Togolise cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree to offer you 30% of this money as my foreign partner as soon as we conclude the transfer into your account. 10% will be set aside for expences incurred during the transfer and 30% would be for me,while we use the remaining to assist the needy.You are to send to me the following informations,if you are willing to work with me;NAME:ADDRESS:OCCUPATION:PHONE NUMBER: I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is strictly confidential and i will use my position in this Bank to effect a hitch free transfer of this fund into any of your private account.Please, visit the website below for more informations about the Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family,Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY.SITE.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html Yours Sincerely,Dr.Yako Benson
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