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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: "GMD/CEO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gmdceo@globomail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:48:23 +0100
Subject: REPLY ASAP

Hello Dear Friend.
It would interest me if you can establish a lasting friendship and partnership here with me. I am the GMD/CEO, First Bank of Nigeria Plc and a personal relationship manager for more than 2 years to the former Arab leader's son (Saif al-Islam Gaddafi) who maintained fund deposit account valued USD102M in our bank. Surprisingly, during the last days of his father's regime, I contacted him twice for usual routine customer's update in his hiding place shortly before he was apprehended by the new Libyan government, but I got a shocking answer from him denying the ownership of the said account worth of USD102M and as I press him further to acknowledge the deposit, deny knowing or having any relation with my bank and completely abandoned the fund deposit and deny ever banking with us due to his fear of betrayal and setup.
Since after his arrest by the New Libyan Government, which I know he might not survive or be set free again in this life, I discussed with my wife and I decided to transfer the fund out from my bank to a foreigner who will agreed to partner with me to receive the fund transfer for our own benefits, before someone else discover the fund account and made away with this large sum of money, which I continue to have this feeling that someone within the bank might someday discover and divert this money to a foreign account without my knowledge and this is why I want to open up a door of friendship with you as I require a foreign partner like you to assist me in this deal to receive the fund transfer with his or her bank account successfully for our own benefits. But it all depends on your willingness to participate for us to actualize this deal for our mutual benefits.
Please I want you to keep all our communication and particulars concerning this money as top secret, that's one of the reasons we should be communicating with my privately secured email or phone number for safety purposes.
Moreover, be rest assured that this transaction is a 100% risk-free deal, I am an experienced senior banker and I will process the fund transfer legally to ensure the successful transfer of the fund to your bank account without any problem and as soon as we transferred the fund to your accounts successfully, you and I shall divide and share the money as follows: 55% of the money will be for me, while you would retain 45% for your participation and assistance.
Please if you are interested, kindly furnish me with your details and information so that we can proceed without delay.
I am waiting for your urgent positive reply.
Thanks.
GMD/CEO
gmdceo@globomail.com
 

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