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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: "DAVID HAMMETT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dave_hamm500@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:47:18 +0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST !!! (CLAIM OF INHERITANCE).

From: The Desk of Mr. David Hammett.
The Personal Account officer.
Diamond Bank Plc[DBNPLC].
Reply to: dave.hamm200@mycin.net

My Dear Friend,

My name is David Hammett, I am an accountant in the foreign bill of exchange operation department of the Diamond Bank Plc(DBNPLC)here in Nigeria.
I am writing you due to the fact that i realise that this transaction would be of mutual benefit to both of us,and there is an old saying that goes thus "No Venture No Gain".
Therefore i want you to be the sole beneficiary to claim this fund that would definitely change our lives.

In my department,we discovered along term deposited fund of{$18.Million} Eighteen Million,United States Dollars in

an account which belongs to a foriegn Deceased customer,who died alongside with his family in a auto crash on April

21st 2007 in Lagos-Nigeria.


The management have been expecting his next of kin to come over for his claim as the huge fund can not be release

unless somebody applies for it legally as the beneficiary/next of kin to the deceased/fund as indicated in our

banking guideline.Unfortunately all efforts to locate the next of kin to the deceased by the bank management proved

abortive.Now as the personal accountant to the deceased,after much official enquiry/verification through the deposit

files of the deceased, I was able to realise that his supposed next of kin died along side with his (WIFE) in the

auto crash on April 21st 2007.


I will like to present you to the bank as the bonafide next of kin to the late deceased since you bear the same last

name with the deceased so that this fund can be transfered to your bank account as the bonafide beneficiary to the

fund.


The banking law and guideline act 00.02 of the foreign beneficiary fund release stipulates that if such fund remain

unclaimed after the existing period of four years,as the fund shall be automatically transfered into the national

treasury account as unclaimed bill.As the personal accountant to the deceased, I therefore decide to make business

with you by releasing the fund {$18.Million} Eighteen Million United States Dollars (interest included)to you as the

next of kin to the deceased for safe keeping of the fund/subsequent disbursement as I do not want the fund to be

transfered into the national treasury as unclaimed fund.


Note :This transaction is 100% risk free as I have all required information/documents which shall aid the total

accomplishment of this fund into your personal account as the beneficiary to the deceased.Upon the confirmation of

your positive response,I shall send to you by fax/mail of the commencement step,with full information of the bank

and that of the deceased for instant inception of this transaction,I will prefer if you contact me on my private

email account: dave.hamm200@mycin.net

Sincerely

Mr.David Hammett
Personal Account Officer
Diamond Bank Plc [DBNPLC].


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