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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: MR OMID MALEK <omid_malek4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mromid_malek@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:21:39 +0100
Subject: WARM GREETINGS FROM MR OMID MALEK



FROM MR OMID MALEK,
MANAGER AUDITTING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, AFRICAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK (A..D.B)COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC, WEST AFRICA. Dear Friend,
Greatings to you and your family and hope this mail finds you in a good condition.I am contacting you anticipating that you are a person of great dignity and integrity so based on this ,i divulge to you my identity with trust and sincerity. I am Mr.Omid Malek, Manager Auditting and Accounting Department in the African Development Bank, Cotonou, Benin Republic in West Africa.(Twenty Two Million United States Dollars)USD$22M belonging to an engineer who ran carmaker BMW's museum , Late Mr Christian Eich. The late Mr Christian Eich died in a plane crash alongside his family members and his wife's parents on his way back home after depositing the sum of (Twenty Two Million United States Dollars)USD$22M here in our bank to be used to build a BMW's museum here in Benin Repiblic. The BBC: website:Refers:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm As the newly Appointed Manager of Auditting and Accounting Department here in African Development Bank Benin Republic where the funds were been deposited,I observed that since his sudden death the board of directors of this bank has made frantic efforts to locate his relations, but all attempts failed.and To avoid the board of directors taking advantage of the funds,I conceived the idea as the Manager of Auditting and Accounting Department to contact you so that you will stand as the bonified next of kin to the late Mr Christian Eich ,All i need is your unflinching support and co-operation to have the funds transferred to your nominated bank account as everything have being put to place for a smooth and legal operation as a staff here in my bank,i have all the information you will need to cliam this fund such as the deposit certificate. As a civil servant still in an active service we are prohibited to operate a foreign account, therefore this is why i have seeked for you as a foreign partner who can assist in receiving this fund and at the same time advice me for a lucrative business investment which will be managing or on the other hand help me to invest with my own share of the funds oversee on my behalf pending when i will retire and possibly come over to your country for our various investment.For this reason i am contacting you for such undertaken and if eventually you are willing and ready for such business,i have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum while i shall have 60% and the remaining 10% has been mapped out for any expenses we might encounter during the process of the transfer of the above fund. Having done a thorough feasibility study on how to perfect the transfer of the funds to your bank account, your role shall be to send an application for claim of the funds to my bank African Developement Bank here in Benin Republic as a bonified next of kin or business partner to the Late Mr Christian Eich. I also would require your contact address, telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please be rest assured that the business is 100% risk free and will be excecuted under 7 bank working days as soon as the bank aknowledges your apllication as the next of kin and please do not use the advantage to betray me once you recieve this fund into your account as everything will be done legally and will keep us both out of any breach of the law. I look forward to receiving your urgent response. Best wishes,Mr.Omid Malek
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