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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: "Smith Raymond" <accountantraymondsmith11@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: accountantraymondsmith@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:24:11 -0700
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF ENGR. HARRISON.


Mr. Raymond Smith,
Senior Manager,
Citizens InternationaL Bank Nigeria plc
199 Adeola Odeku,Victoria Island,
Lagos,Nigeria.
Phone: 00234-8082611525
Date: 02/06/08
Email: accountantraymondsmith@hotmail.com

Dear Beloved Friend,

My name is Mr. Raymond Smith. I work with the Citizens Int'l Bank (Nig) Plc.
bill and exchange of the foreign remittance department. I am the personal
Accountant to late Engr.(HARRISON) a National of your country, who was a
contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS.
Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JANUARY 2000,my
client, his wife, and their three children were involved in the Kenya
airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi
to destination Lagos and the all family died in this fatal air crash on 30
JANUARY 2000. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to
locate any of my clients extended Relatives,this has also proved
unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to get in touch with
the consul-General of your Embassy, In the person of Mr. Brian Brown, to
locate any member of my late client family hence I contacted you. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared un-serviceable by the
bank where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly the CITIZENS INT'L
BANK (NIG.) PLC.Where the deceased had an account Valued at ($14.6 million
us dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working days. On further
investigation,I found out that:-

(A) He has no other living declared relative

(B) He had died intestate (without making a will)

(c) He was into Real Estate Venture (Realtor)

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives till date, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you
have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at
($14.6 million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me can share
the money.50% to me and 50% to you and all expenses will be shared equally
after tax is deducted by the (IRS) in your country.

All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out from my table and I will perfect ever documents to be in
accordance with the banking laws and guidelines hence you have nothing to
worry about for I am assuring you a 100% risk free transaction.On your
soonest reply,I will tell you all you need to know about the money and
operational method we can use to effect remittance into your account for our
mutual benefit.Also include your full name,address and phone number.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Raymond Smith.

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