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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "nelsonedward@mailbox.gr" <nelsonedward@mailbox.gr>
Date: 6 Apr 2009 13:03:54 +0300
Subject: VERY URGENT NEEDED

Attn:Sir,

Thanks for your mail,

As I did explain in my very first massage, the fund I now want to transfer to your account is the excess of the profit made here in my branch during last year. It might interest you to know that I have already submitted an approval financial report for the year 2007 and my head office in Lagos and the entire FIRST INLAND BANK will never know of this excess.

This business can be concluded with 8 working days if only we have good coordination and communication. The transfer is bank-to- bank and should be made to your chosen foreign account from my head office in Lagos, the modalities I have mapped out to actualize the transfer involves the following steps.

1. I will program your full name and address on the entire database of the FIRST INLAND ANK as the depositor and the beneficiary of the fund.

2. I shall issue a backdated deposit slip of the fund to your name

3. I shall provide you with a draft of an application for the transfer that you are going to forward to my hard office in Lagos as all international transfer are carried out from there.
4. I shall provide memorandum of understanding between you and my self which both of us will endorse so as to make this business legitimate

I know that you can take up this offer, may I ask you to get back to me with your full contact details including your telephone direct number and fax complete physical address. Also give me the following information

YOUR NAME IN FULL
YOUR ADDRESS IN FULL NOT P.O.BOX
YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND MOBIL IF ANY
FAX NUMBER
PASSPORT ID OR DIRVER LINCENCE


NAME OF YOUR BANK FULL
COMPLETE ADDRESS OF YOUR BANK
TELEPHONE AND YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER.

I would like to stress that this transaction is similar to that of a person who bank with a particular bank and wishes to transfers his fund to another bank of his choice or even close that account. Once I have programmed your name on the database of the entire bank, you basically become a customer of the bank. With these, the bank will immediately wire the fund to your chosen account if you ask them to do so.

Hoping that the above explanation suffices.
Best regards

Mr Nelson Edward

Thanks for your mail,

As I did explain in my very first massage, the fund I now want to transfer to your account is the excess of the profit made here in my branch during last year. It might interest you to know that I have already submitted an approval financial report for the year 2007 and my head office in Lagos and the entire FIRST INLAND BANK will never know of this excess.

This business can be concluded with 8 working days if only we have good coordination and communication. The transfer is bank-to- bank and should be made to your chosen foreign account from my head office in Lagos, the modalities I have mapped out to actualize the transfer involves the following steps.

1. I will program your full name and address on the entire database of the FIRST INLAND ANK as the depositor and the beneficiary of the fund.

2. I shall issue a backdated deposit slip of the fund to your name

3. I shall provide you with a draft of an application for the transfer that you are going to forward to my hard office in Lagos as all international transfer are carried out from there.
4. I shall provide memorandum of understanding between you and my self which both of us will endorse so as to make this business legitimate

I know that you can take up this offer, may I ask you to get back to me with your full contact details including your telephone direct number and fax complete physical address. Also give me the following information

YOUR NAME IN FULL
YOUR ADDRESS IN FULL NOT P.O.BOX
YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND MOBIL IF ANY
FAX NUMBER
PASSPORT ID OR DIRVER LINCENCE


NAME OF YOUR BANK FULL
COMPLETE ADDRESS OF YOUR BANK
TELEPHONE AND YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER.

I would like to stress that this transaction is similar to that of a person who bank with a particular bank and wishes to transfers his fund to another bank of his choice or even close that account. Once I have programmed your name on the database of the entire bank, you basically become a customer of the bank. With these, the bank will immediately wire the fund to your chosen account if you ask them to do so.

Hoping that the above explanation suffices.
Best regards

Mr Nelson Edward


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