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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: Kurt Lonsway <k7k.lonsway@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:49:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: International Business Partnership Proposal
















































































































MR. KURT LONSWAY 
PRINCIPAL PORTFOLIO MANAGER 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB)
PLOT 12 DR. KWAME NKURUMA ROAD
OUGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO.
PHONE: 0022675085859      
 
My dear friend,  
 
How are you doing today? I will explain myself a little to you before I continue. My name is Mr. Kurt Lonsway. I am the Principal Portfolio Manager in AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. I hope you read this proposal carefully and reply me immediately. I know that we have not met before but this business transaction will bring us together.  
 
We had a customer in our bank. His name was Mr. Sean Rooney. He is from America . He was working at the World Trade Centre in America . One of the hijacked planes crashed into his office. He works at the 98th floor of the building. You can find the details of his death from the link below: 
 
 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62151,00.html  
 
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91243&page=2  
 
 
Mr. Sean Rooney was a Vice President for Risk management services at the AON COPORATION. He was a victim of the 11th September 2001 terrorist attack in America . When you get to the link then go to the section that has the heading:  
 
List of World Trade Centre Victims  
 
The board of director and the management of the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK has mandated and instructed me to go and look for Mr. Sean Rooney next of kin to come and claim his fund in our bank. The only next of kin that was stated categorically when he opened the bank account was his wife Mrs. Beverly Eckert. I have contacted the American embassy here in my country to enquire about his next of kin Mrs. Beverly Eckert. The ambassador at the American embassy here in my country told me that his wife who is his only next of kin died in a plane crash on the 12th of February 2009.He also made me to understand that they don’t have kids.  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Eckert  
 
This means that the whole family is gone. What a sad story. He used his wife as his next of kin when opening his bank account with our bank but now she is no more.  
 
The reason why I contacted you is that Mr. Sean Rooney is dead and his wife who is his next of kin is also dead. The board of directors and the management of this bank do not know about these developments. The board of directors and the management of this bank have told me that if nobody applies for the fund then the bank will return the whole fund into our federal reserve. I want you to apply to the bank as the only surviving next of kin to late Mr. Sean Rooney. It might interest you to know that he has a domiciliary bank account with our bank. This bank account contains the sum of five million dollars. This is the exact amount he has in his domiciliary bank account before the ugly incident occurred. This money is still in that bank account as unclaimed money. This business transaction is very simple and risk free. I am the PRINCIPAL PORTFOLIO MANAGER of this bank. The board of directors and the bank management are waiting for me to present the next of
kin to late Mr. Sean Rooney. I told them that I am still searching for the next of kin to the deceased.  
 
If you are interested, I will send you the application form to fill and send to the bank applying as the only surviving next of kin to late Mr. Sean Rooney. I will back you by letting the board of directors and the management of the bank to know that you are the rightful next of kin to late Mr. Sean Rooney. I will prove to them that you are the rightful person to inherit the unclaimed fund. If you are interested then give me a reply.  
 
In respect to this transaction, we agree that 45% of this money will be for you as my foreign partner and for the bank account that you shall provide. 55% will be for me. The money will be transferred to the bank account that you shall provide. I will travel down to your country after the money has been transferred into your bank account. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your bank account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank.   Your swift response will be highly appreciated.   Thanks and have a nice day.  
 
Friendly regards    
 
 
 
MR. KURT LONSWAY 
PRINCIPAL PORTFOLIO MANAGER 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDBANK)
PLOT 12 DR. KWAME NKURUMA ROAD
OUGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO




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