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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: ddavid martins <ddavidmartins@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:00:36 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam, Compliment of the season.


Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliment of the season.

With regards, I am Mr. David Martins Mensah , a very good friend to Late Mr. Andreas Peterman, a national of Germany who was born on the 7th day of Jan,1969 in Hamburg Germany who until his sudden death in the ill fated Bellview Airline Boeing 737-2L9(Adv) flight No.5N-BFN that crashed in the Lisa Village in Ogun State of Nigeria on the 23rd,October 2005 has neither wife nor son or daughter to claim his estate hence his
corpse was not recovered, He was the manager with the European Commission-sponsored ECOWAS Statistics Development Project (ECOSTAT), you can visit
www.airdisaster.com.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the assets and Capital valued at US$3.5million left behind by my friend before it gets confiscated by the bank
where these huge deposits were lodged since no body knew that he had such a huge deposit in the bank here in my country Ghana except me, he was so close to me
while he was alive and I was his grantor at this very bank, please dont escalate this information about my late friend assets, he deposited this US$3.5million (three million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) with a prime bank in my country and gave me the certificate of deposit (C-of-D) for save keeping with the hope of transferring the fund to Germany for investiment as soon as he is on leave before he met
his untimely death.

Since the bank got the information of his death, they have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim this fund, but yet to see any one coming as his
next of kin. Being his guarantor that suretee him on the day he deposited the fund, the bank now issued an official notice to me to provide the next of kin to the deceased within the next fourteen office working days or have the deposit confiscated if not claimed. I always told them that the next of kin has been in
touch with me.

Since his death, I have made several inquiries about his extended relatives through the home office, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to check over the Internet on any member of his family but still
unsuccessful, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my bosom friend before the money get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank

Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically related to the deceased or not. The mere fact that your name has nothing to do with that of my late friend is not a barrier for us not to claim this fund as you may bear with me that, a next of kin maybe a parent, extended relative, sister, brother etc even a good friend. So whether you are related to him or not is never a barrier to realizing this transaction. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such an account remains dormant or non-operation after a period of 2yrs, the fund will be
transferred into government banking treasury as unclaimed fund I seek your consent to present you to this bank as the Next of kin to my deceased friend since you are a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for the claim. I have all the necessary
information's to back you up for the claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.I await your urgent response.

Best regards,

Mr.David Martins Mensah



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