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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "samueltunde@cantv.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Samuel Tunde" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:16 +0100
Subject: From Mr. Samuel Tunde / Confidential and urgent attention
NB: LA CONTENU DE CETTE MESSAGE POURRA ETRE TRADUITE EN FRANCAISE SI VOUS NE COMPREND PAS ANGLE
Good Evening ,
My name is Tunde Samuel, Director of the Informatics Department of African Development Bank here in Cote d'Ivoire and the personal account manager of engineer John Williams a foreigner who worked in collaboration with an oil companies here in Cote d Ivory. My client, his wife and three children all died in a plane crash in January 2000 with the Kenya Airways crash that left no survivors. Since that time there is know one who came up for claims of the $ 5.200.000.00 (five million two hundred thousand U.S. dollars) deposited in our bank. Meanwhile the banking regulations in my country stipulate that if such amount remains without claim after a period of 10 years, this money must be transferred to the government treasury. This is to ensure that this fund is not claimed by the Ivorian government that I have decided to seek a foreign partner to cooperate with me to recover this money. I'll introduce you as the relative and beneficiary of the deposit because I was instructed by th!
e authority of my bank to find a f
Thank you in advance as i wait your response. respond to Email: samueltunde@cantv.net or call Tel: 0022508203509
Mr. Samuel Tunde
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