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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: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?MR_BROWN_WILLISON?=" <brown_willison5@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:40:30 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TOP_LEVEL_OF_SECRENCY_IS_NEEDED.?=


Dear Friend
I must confess that it is with great joy and enthusiasm that I am writing you this mail which I know and believe by faith that it must surely find you in good condition of health.
I am BROWN WILLISON, The bill and exchange manager at the foreign remittance department of UNION BANK OF NIGERIA, I got your contact from the internet, while sourcing for an honest foreign partner that will be trustworthy that will assist me receive this funds in his or her company¢s or private account.
l discovered the sum of Twenty One million and five hundred thousand United States Dollars (USD21.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank. The fund has been lying in a suspense account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account owner late Mr. Salla khatif, a Lebanese , who was involved in the December 25th 2003 Benin plane crash.
Here is the air crash website on filtered: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting any of his relative or his next of kin to come and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws. But unfortunately we have no news about his relatives.
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. Hence I decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I therefore am soliciting for your assistance to act as the next of kin so that we can claim the funds. I have agreed that 40% of the total funds will be for you as the beneficiary in respect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 60% would be for me.
I expect you to keep this transaction strictly confidential and secret as you may wish to know that I am Bank official and please do not forget to send the following information to me for easy contact, considering the magnitude of the funds involved. I requested the following information to enable me know that your account can take such amount of money without been investigate by the {IMF}.
Your Full Name............................
Your Complete Address..........................
Your Cell Phone/ Tel...........................
Your Present Occupation.....................
Your Age...........................
Your Sex.......................
Nationality........................
I have worked out modalities for the success and smooth transfer of the said funds to your account without any breach of Law. In this respect, be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free to both parties since I have made every arrangement to transfer this money to any Account of your choice provided you maintain the confidentiality and secrecy involved in this matter. Contact me on my email address I am looking forward for your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
BROWN WILLISON


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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