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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: Nehman Ngog <nehman.ngog33@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:30:48 +0530 (IST)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?



























FROM MR.NEHMAN NGOG.
ASSISTANT TO THE FOEIGN REMITTANCE DIRECTOR,
BANK OF AFRICA . OUAGADOUGOU ,
 BURKINA-FASO.
 
  Dear Friend,
 
        I
know that this email will come to you as a surprise and I hope that you
will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I’m about to
repose on you for mutual benefits of our families. I am the assistance
to the foreign remittance director of Bank of Africa Burkina Faso .
 
I
need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($8.2USD) Eight
million two hundred thousand United States dollars to your account
within fourteen banking days. In my department I discovered an
abandoned sum of ($ 8.2USD) Eight million two hundred thousand United
States dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer who died without any nomination of the next of kin to the
bank. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to
the deceased as indicated in our banking policies but unfortunately for
years now non of his relations has applied for the claim..
 
It
is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed Bill.
 
The
request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner. I have agreed that 40 % of this money
will be for you as a foreign partner, and 60 % would be for me. There
after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentages indicated.
 
Therefore
to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you
must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication.
 
Upon
the receipt of your reply, I will give you full details on how the
business will be executed. Please kindly contact me as soon as you
receive this proposal.
 
Come up with the information's stated below:
 
 
1. Your full name:
2. Your contact cell phone number:
3. Your age:
4. Your sex:
5. Your occupations
6. Your country and city:
 
 Yours Faithfully,
   Nehman Ngog
 
 
 


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