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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: Mrs Anna Roland <mrobiuche@ymail.com>
Reply-To: mrsannaroland2011@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:35:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I'm Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship.


I am Mrs.Anna Roland ,

 

I'm Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship.

 

I am Mrs.Anna Roland ,Director, All State Bank-COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC OF WEST AFRICA. I am writing following an  opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.

 

Every
Ten years All State Bank Transfer to its treasury, millions of dollars
of unclaimed Deceased Depositors Fund in compliance with the Banking
Laws and Guidelines ,with reference to my bank-ALL STATE BANK, the
money normally runs into several millions of dollars.

 

Until Dr
Hussein Ismail's death,along with his wife and their two sons in an
Egypt-Air Flight 990 plane crash on a festive visit from loss angels.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

I
was his Foreign Currency Denoted Bank Account Manager with constant
balance in excess of eight digits.Ever since his death and up till this
time no next of kin or relation of his has come forward to claim his
money with us.

 

However,with
me being the direct Auditing and Accounting Unit in the Foreign
Remittance Department of this bank. I have all the necessary
information that you will presents to the bank as a next of kin or
relation of late Dr Hussein Ismail's on private business deal basis.

 

Now
the game plan and the purpose of my writing you is that I want to pull
out this unclaimed money amounting to US$28,300,000.00 (Twenty Eight
Million,Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)with your
cooperation and assistant :

 

Upon receipt of your response, I
will send to you the text of Application you are required to forward to
the Bank.For your cooperation and efforts 40% of the money will be for
you as our foreign partner,while 60% will be for me.

 

Send to me your reply immediately you receive this
message for more directives,please for security purpose and to avoid
any leakage,every communication should please be on this e-mail address
(mrsannaroland@live.com)

 

Please
i need your assistance to achieve this great chance because i do not
wish this money to be transferred to Central bank of BENIN COTONOU
REPUBLIC because it will be shared among the top directors. No other
person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account
has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
the account is a secret account.



But I don't know any foreigner,
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to a local person here in BENIN COTONOU REPUBLIC,but to a
foreigner who has information about the account and which am ready to
tell you because i know everything about this fund.

 

Regards,

 

Mrs.Anna Roland

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