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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: "Mr.Akimbo Davis." <mrakimbodavis@sapo.pt>
Reply-To: mrakimbodavis@cantv.net
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 23:26:38 +0100
Subject: Urgent Attention

From Mr. Akimbo Davis.
Director Account Department
Citizen Bank Plc ci.
Abidjan - Côte D'Ivoire.

Hellow Dear, STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRECY.


I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never
met before. I am the Account Director in charge of account department
of Citizen Bank Plc Cote D'Ivoire (Ivoire Coast), I Hoped that you
will not expose or betray the trust and confident that I am about to
confide in you for mutual benefits for our both families. I need your
urgent assistance to claim and transfer the sum of (Eleven Million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars), ($11.500.000.000.00
Million USD) immediately to your account deposited by one of late
customers for year. The fund has been dormant (in-active) for years in
our Bank here without any body coming for it and now I want to make
use of the great opportunity to enrich my heart desire by associating
with you to claim the fund and have it transferred to your account.

l want to release the fund to you as the nearest person to our
deceased customer, Mr.Andreas Schranner Md, German property magnate
(the owner of the account) who died long side with his entire family
and supposed next of kin in Plane Crash, CONCORDE AIRLINE [Flight
AF4590 ] which crashed on Monday,25th July,2000, see the website below
for your verification http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/ hi/europe/859479.stm )
with the new financial law if the fund is not claimed by any one or by
his family relations, the fund will mark as an abandoned fund and will
go into our bank treasury or Govt treasury as an abandoned fund, so
this is the reason why I decided to contact you to negociate with me
to stand as the next of kin to the deceased and beneficiary of the
funds so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest
person.

Therefore, if you would be interested to handle this confidential
project with me, I will be willing to give you more information of the
transaction with an application form you will fill and send to the
bank for the claims and transfer of the fund to your bank account.
Also note that based on our agreement, we will share the percentage as
40% for you and while 60% for me and my family if you agree to help me
execute this business while 5% is for any the expense we may incure
during the transaction. Therefore, if you are interested in this
proposal, kindly reply me back immediately and Please I will like you
to keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it if you are not
interested at all.

Thank YOU.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best Regards,
Mr.Akimbo Davis.

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