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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: "dejedjesmartins1@cantv.net" <dejedjesmartins1@cantv.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:32:19 -0430
Subject: My Dear Friend,

My Dear Friend,

This mail and the classified information contained therein that I am about to reveal to you can either destroy me, ruin my professional career or make me loose my job, depending on how you receive and take it, the future and happiness of my family depends on it. Please I need you to read this mail attentively to know the reason and purpose why you received this mail from me, I didn't come to you by chance nor by accident, I have come to you because your names has planted you in the centre of relevance in my life and professional career as a banker at this very moment. Before I go further I will like to introduce myself to you.

I am Mr. MARTIN DEJEDJES, a managing director and head of Audit division of BIAO BANK in Cote d'Ivoire (West Africa). I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer (Late Harold Stern) a customer of our bank who died in the recent Plane Crash At Khartoum Airport In Sudan on 10 Jun 2008 , Our customer, whom i have a close relationship with and an American citizen/contractor based here in Ivory Coast was on a contract negotiation trip to Sudan where he met the inevitable death by this plane crash.

 

YOU CAN READ THIS AS A CONFIRMATION OF THIS PROPOSAL (Plane Crash At Khartoum Airport In Sudan: Fireball Follows Smash ... ] Bodies are being pulled from the wreckage of a plane that exploded and burst into flames after veering off a runway, killing at least 28 of the 217 ...
news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky.../20080641318651)  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

Plane crash kills dozens in Khartoum - The New York Times  ]
10 Jun 2008 ... KHARTOUM, Sudan — A Sudan Airways plane carrying 217 people burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport Tuesday and the local media ...
www.nytimes.co m/.../10iht-crash.5.13618847.html.

Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to locate any of our customer's extended relatives but this proved abortive. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come across by as a result of this mail.

I am contacting you independently, without the consent of the BIAO -CI ENTIRE MANAGMENT, and no one is aware of this communication which I have taken my time to study before contacting you. I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

The proposal:
During our recent investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to and deposited in the name of the deceased (Late Harold Stern) an  American contractor as i earlier stated and this development lead to the discovery of the sum of $10.5Million ( Ten million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as it may interest you to know,

Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant( A banker )we are not allowed to opperate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because i work in this bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.

I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. You will receive 35% of the money upon your receipt of this money and 60% will be for myself, then 5% will be for the expenses that may be incured to accomplish this transaction.  Do not forget that i have a photocopy of the intl passpport of the deceased whom i control his account with our bank as his account officer and please this should remain a top secret and confidential between you and me.


This transaction is strictly confidential and risk free as i have worked out the success plans and avenues to move this funds into any bank acount that you will be providing furtherance to an official claim application which will be tendered to the bank.

I am the only one who knows of this situation. Lets share the blessing. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this email. If you give me positive signals, I will give you the relevant details and initiate this process towards a conclusion.

I do not want any direct link between you and I. My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our total Quality Management Policy.


Please observe this instruction religiously. Do not betray my confidence.


I am presentl in Paris-France for an official seminar and i will like you to call me on my number here in Paris so that we can discuss further on this. (+33975178526)

I await your response.

Your Sincerely,
Mr. MARTIN DEJEDJES.

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