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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: "Mr. Daniel Mensah" <admin@mmproje.local>
Reply-To: <ddmensah@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:47:24 +0800
Subject: Respective Friend,Our bank has newly emerged with Global financial reformation .

Respective Friend,

Our bank has newly emerged with Global financial reformation and because of this reformation our bank is on a random check for all none operational accounts, and based on this random check that I came across a dormant and abandoned none operational account belonging to our deceased customer from your country .

During my investigations I found out that this account has been dormant and none operational for 10 Years and because it is my duty as the branch manager to let any of his close relatives to know about the new changes in our bank so that they can come forward to claim their inheritance or update their accounts. But unfortunately I found out that the owner of the account died with his wife and four children in a motor accident eight years ago leaving nobody to claim this funds. It is during my investigation to find any member of his family to come forward and claim this funds that I came across your name and contact.

I want you to know that I am the only person here in our bank that knows that our customer the owner of this account died in a car accident together with his family and that he has no relatives to come and claim his money in our bank. Our bank’s head office do not know about the death of the owner of this account yet, it is still a secret because if our bank’s head office get to know that this account has been abandon and there is nobody alive to claim this money, the account will be confiscated, deleted and the Thirty Five Million Dollars inside of this abandoned account will be diverted into the bank purse as abandoned funds which is according to the financial law of this country.



With the development of my investigations and as the matter maybe right now, I am very much sure that this fund has been abandoned and there is nobody to claim it till eternity, so as this funds has been abandoned and our bank’s head office is not aware of it yet, I want to use my position as the branch manager to release this Thirty Five Million Dollars to you as the only surviving relative to the deceased customer as it is according to the financial laws of this country that the money should be released to the nearest relative in such situation and as the matter maybe, you share the same last name with the deceased customer and that put you in a perfect position to perfect this business.

I would have done this business all by myself but I can not just transfer the money into another account unless somebody apply for it as the next of kin or family member to the deceased.

If you accept to partner with me in this business, I will give you all information concerning the deceased person and direct you on how to legitimately apply for the claim of the funds which will possibly be released to you within seven to ten banking days and when the money enters into your account we will share the money 50% for you and 50% goes to me. Also, I want to promise you that your security is guaranteed as all plans have been carefully organized to safely release the money to you legitimately.

Possibly this should be over within seven to ten banking days as long as you will strictly follow my instructions. You can call me with below number for any question so that we can start immediately.

Hoping to hearing from you

Respectfully yours

Mr. Daniel Mensah

Branch Managing Director

Banque Atlantique Groupe

Personal Email: ddmensah@ymail.com
ddmensah@yahoo.cn

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