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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 Richard <mrdavidrichard1@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: mrdavidrichard2@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:13:41 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME




Dear Friend,I am Mr. David Richard, the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department in a Bank. Actually, I have a very urgent & confidential Business Proposition for you & for our mutual interest.On the 6th of March 2001,our Customer, an American National,late Jeremiah J. Ahern , an Oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, deposited, a valued amount of US$32Million in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder, & finally we discovered from his contract employers Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), that late Jeremiah J. Ahern ,died ten ( 10 ) years ago in an Air crash. All occupants of the Airplane unfortunately lost their lives.On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his Next of kin were rootless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that late Jeremiah J. Ahern , did not declare any Next of kin in all his official documents.This sum US$32Million is still floating in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one came forward to claim it. According to Nigeria Laws, at the expiration of 11 years,the money will revert to the Ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a Next of kin of late Jeremiah J. Ahern . This is simple. All I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from a breach of the law. I will want you to send to me on your return email, the following information for the transfer in your favor1. Your Full Name...............................................2. Your contact address...................................3. Your Tel/Fax Numbers:...............................Let's consider that our ratio of sharing will be as stated Thus1. I as the originator of the Fund will take 50% of the transferable2.You as the Manager of the Fund will take 50% of the transferable Fund.
Most importantly, CONFIDENTIALITY as what I saw as the life wire to the success of the transfer of this Fund must have to be emulated between you and me. You have to use this media to promise me that you will no in anyway expose the content of this transaction to anybody be it your Friends, Colleagues and Co-Workers.I will also want you to send your reply to this email: (richards_4u@yahoo.com) as soon as you get this mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and processes for success of this transaction..
Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and understanding. I wait for your kind response.RegardsMr. David Richard 

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