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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: "Dr. SARFONAA BOATENG" <lewissarfonaa19@att.net>
Reply-To: <lewissarfonaa@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:33:03 -0800
Subject: I AM CONTACTING YOU FOR A NEXT-OF-KIN OPPORTUNITY IN MY BANK !


Dear friend,

I am contacting you for an opportunity in my bank that will be of mutual benefit for both of us.
I sincerely and highly apologize for interfering on your privacy.
I got your contact through this media which i believe that you are the right person to carry out this transaction,
kindly accepts my sincere apology if my proposal disregards your moral ethics.
This is the brief information of what i am talking about, On January 11th 1999, a German estate developer,
Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, deposited US$2,000,000 (Two Million United States Dollars) under our portfolio management department for a period of three years,
And the deposit matured on the 18th of February 2002 with over 100% growth which amounted to a total of US$6,520,000 (Six Million,Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
Upon maturity,a notification was sent to his forwarding address but all to no avail. Several attempts were made to contact him but without responses. After a month, another reminder was sent to him from my desk and evidently
I discovered from his contract employers that Mr. Andreas Schranner died in the plane crash of an Air France Concorde flight 4590 which crashed on July 25th 2002.On further incident investigation,
I discovered that he died with his wife and entire family,
As all efforts to trace members of his neither family nor relatives proved futile. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site. Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Mr. Andreas Schranner, has long passed away and since his death none of his next-of-kin or relations knows about this transactions no-one has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir.
He died without identifying with anybody about these funds, which has since matured and the roll-over on the funds also expired. This sum of US$6,520,000 (Six Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
is still in my possession in my Bank lifeless as unnoticed because there will never be anybody to lay claim on the inheritance. So I am proposing to you to stand in as the next of kin to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that at the expiration of Nine (9) years such funds will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds. The money will be approved into your account and subsequently,
we shall share in the ratio:75% for me and 25% for you as gratification for assistance rendered. I will visit your country for the disbursement, according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account.

Please for proper identification and easier communication you are advised to reply me with this following information below:

a) YOUR FULL NAME..........
b) CELL PHONE NUMBER...
c) MARITAL STATUS.....
d) AGE................
e) COUNTRY.............
f) OCCUPATION..........
g) PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS........

I humbly crave your indulgence in portraying sincerity towards this matter,
as trust stands to be our watchword in this transaction.
My assurance is that your role is risk free to accord this transaction the legality i
t deserves as with all moderately put in places we are certain in actualizing a hitch paid transfer of the fund without any impediments.
My position with my bank already guarantees the swift execution of this project.
I will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.
Kindly signify your willingness to assist by sending me an e-mail or telephone number true the email below for further procedures relating to this transaction.

GOD BLESS YOU.

Looking forward to your positive response

Regards
Mr. Lewis Boateng Sarfonna.

lewissarfonaa@yahoo.co.jp

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