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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: kevin thamos <mrkevin_t36@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <kevinthamos_11@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:33:36 +0100
Subject: From Mr Kevin Thamos




From Mr Kevin Thamos,Foreign Remittance Dept,Continental Bank PlcCotonou Benin Republic.

I am Mr Kevin Thamos,I work with the Continental Bank Plc,as the director of operations in the accounts department.I am soliciting your assistance to claim an abandoned fund of late engr Daniel Douglas.Who was my good client as regards knowing his asset in my bank.Engr.Daniel Douglas was a citizen of United States of America,who owned a construction company here in Benin Republic.I was very intimate to him because i worked as his account officer in the bank. It happened on the 10th of March 2003,Daniel and his wife together with their two children were involved in a ghastly motor accident along Port-Novo express road,sadly enough,this my client and his entire family unfortunately lost their lives in the accident.
Since then i have i made several enquires to their embasy to locate any of his extended family/relatives proved abotive.After these several unsuccessful attempts,the need to contact you arose based on the fact that you are a foreigner.My main reason for contacting you is you to assist me in recovering the money and property left behind by my client before they are confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where they are deposited/lodged. Particularly,the continental bank plc where the deceased has a balance os $5m(Five million United States Dollars)in his account.The bank has issued a final notice to me to provide the next of kin of this late client or they will be left with no other choice than to confiscate his fund.Since i have been unsuccessful in locating Daniel's relatives for the past three years,i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of my client so that the said fund,the sum of five million United States dollars can be paid in your name instead of leaving it for the bank. I have perfected every underground work to back up any claim we may make.All that i require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this arrengement through.I garantee that this will be excuted under a legitimate arrengement that will protect us from any breach of the law.Please reply me if you can assist me.You can write to me via my private email address, kevinthamos_11@yahoo.fr, Fanally, kindly give your confidential phone/fax numbers so that i can fax or attach a specimen application which you will re-type and submit to the bank as the next of kin to engr.Daniel Douglas, also your office and residential address.For your assistance towards this,i have resolved already that we discuss between us on the equity formular we can share the money.I am urgently waiting for to hear from you as soon as as you recieve this mail.

Your Sincerely,Mr Kevin Thamos.
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