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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: ROSE ADAMA <rose_adama14@msn.com>
Reply-To: <roseadama12@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:08:10 +0000
Subject: FROM MS ROSE



From Ms Rose Kenneth
Telephone +234-(0)-8077-444-519
E-mail roseadama12@yahoo.com

Dearest,
Compliments of the season and how are you today I hope fine.
Before I proceed I would like to introduce myself to you.
My name is Ms Rose Kenneth Adams, a staff of the Union BANK.I have urgent and confidential business proposition for you.
On DECEMBER 2nd 1998, an oil contractor with the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ( N.N.P.C ) MR AL SAUD, BANDAR made a numbered
(time fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US7M in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contact employers NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION that MR AL SAUD, BANDAR, died in auto crash along with his entire family.
See below
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
On furthe rinvestigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that MR AL SAUD, BANDAR did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork.
This sum of US$7.000.000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to the NIGERIAN Law, at the expiration of 10 years the money will revert to the ownership of the NIGERIAN Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin to MR AL SAUD,BANDAR so that the fruits of this old man'S labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. As an Accountant and a staff of this BANK,What we have to do is simple if you ad heir to my instructions.
You will send to me your complete names, address and information's which I will secretly programme in the computer account file of late MR AL SAUD, BANDAR in our bank as his registered associate before his death and who is entitled to inherit the deposit incase of his death. When this money is paid into your account, you take40% share of the total sum and 60% will be for me. You will also help me to invest my own share in you country. I will give you more details
upon receipt of your Mail
looking forward to see your urgent response.
Best regards,
Ms Rose Kenneth Adams



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