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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: Rose Bernard <bernard.rose88@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:56:43 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Thank you for your Kindness.


MR.BERNARD ROSE.
AUDIT AND MARKETING MANAGER,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK,GHANA,
CO-OPERATE OFFICE ACHIMOTA 
BRANCH. WEST AFRICA.
10/11/2011.

TOP SECRET.
 
Dear Good Friend,
 
How are you ? I hope
you're in good state of health, remain blessed. I'm writing you from Accra
Ghana, a country situated in Africa.
I am Mr.Bernard Rose, senior Auditor heading computing
department here in African Development Bank Ghana.
I have been working
with this Bank for 18years now but i have nothing to show for my efforts and
honesty.

So on my routine inspection in my department I
discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Balance of  $ 5.5m, US,dollars
(FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS),in an account that belongs to
one of our, foreign customers, who died along with his entire family in a plane
crash. View this Website below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

 
Since we got information about the death of this Bank
customer from Germany, the Bank top officials here have been expecting his next
of kin to come up and claim the money that is left behind here in my Bank and
because we cannot release the fund unless somebody applies for the fund as next
of kin or the relation to the deceased Bank customer as indicated in our Banking
guidelines but unfortunately we learn t that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for
the claim. So it is upon this discovery from the investigation which i made in
the Bank here that I decided to contact you into this business proposal and also
guide you here for the Bank top official to release the whole fund to you as the
next of kin or relation to the deceased Bank customer for safety and subsequent
disbursement of the whole fund in your country after the approval of this fund
in the Bank here since nobody is coming up for the claim till today.

 
WHY I CONTACTED YOU:
The purpose of my mail to you is to solicit for a
willing partner to come forward and stand as the next of kin to claim this
fund.I will provide you with all the information that will enable you file an
application for claim.Be sure that the Bank will grant approval based on the
information which i will provide. I want you to act fast because according to
the law of Ghana, if anyone died leaving unclaimed fund in the Bank, after 8
years the fund will belong to the state and goes to state treasury. But the
irony of the matter is that these funds really does not go into the purse of the
state government but rather its usually diverted and shared by both the powerful
individuals in the government and higher officials of the Banks.
They allocate the
funds to themselves and later use the money for their political gains and to
wage war in the sub-region. So for almost my 18 years of service to this Bank, I
have seen a lot hence I don't want this opportunity to pass me by, as the same
thing keep on repeating itself. That is why i agree that 40% of this money will
be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
account, and 60% of the total fund would be for me. As soon as the whole fund is
transferred into your foreign nominated Bank account in your Country then i will
visit your Country for the disbursement of the fund according to the percentages
indicated above. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you
as arranged by me here, you must apply first to the Bank as a cousin that is 
related to the late Bank customer or  the next of kin of the deceased Bank
customer in the Bank here indicating below:
Your Full
Name........................,
Your Bank Name.......................,
Your private telephone
No..............,
Your Fax No.........................,
 
This is for easy and
effective communication and also the location where  the money will be remitted
into. Please note that upon receipt of your reply, i will immediately send to
you by fax or email the text of the next of kin application. I will also not
fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is a hitch - free business
transaction and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements on how this whole fund will be transferred into your private
nominated Bank account in your country has smoothly arranged by me here. You
should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to
hear from you immediately.
Best regards.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Bernard
Rose.
TEL:. +233 570377738.  

NB:  
My intention of writing you through email is because i
believe it is very urgent and confidential, and it still remains the fastest
medium of communication.

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