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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: John Solomon <rev526190@att.net>
Reply-To: johnsolo45@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 15:30:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: READ AND REPLY



FROM THE DESK OF MR.JOHN SOLOMON

ACCOUNT OFFICER,

INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT,

SKYE BANK NIGERIA PLC,

ADEOLA HOPEWELL STREET .

VICTORIA - ISLAND,

LAGOS-NIGERIA.





Dear Friend,



I am Mr.John Solomon,the Accountant with Skye Bank Plc of Nigeria . We discovered an abandoned sum of $6,275,000,00 (Six Million Two hundred and Seventy Five thousand United States Dollars Only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November 2004 in a motor accident.





After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this



Money out urgently it would be claimed by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the power of Central bank of Nigeria (CBN). The owner of this account is foreigner. The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his Company does not know anything about this account and the money involved is Six Million Two hundred and Seventy Five thousand United States Dollars Only (US$6,275,000.00).





I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus: 30 % for you as foreign partner, 60 % for me and 10 % for the settlement of all local and foreign clearance incurred by me and you during the course of this business. Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I will come to your country and mind our share.





Meanwhile, I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-operate with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust, according to my instruction and advice, for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may never come again in my life.





To commence this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return E-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, Fax number, full names and address and your designated Bank coordinates to enable me file letter of claim in your favor to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.





Note also that this transaction must be kept strictly confidential because of its nature. I look forward to your earliest reply





Yours sincerely,

Mr.John Solomon

Account Officer

Skye bank Nigeria Plc

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