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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.Edmund Camara" <mredmundcamara@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:13:54 +0100
Subject: URGENT PROJECT

(URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL AS NEXT OF KIN)
RE: TRANSFER OF ($46,000.000.00 USD}
Forty SIX MILLION DOLLARS


Dear Sir,

I want to transfer to overseas account ($46,000.000.00 USD) Forty six
million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in NIGERIA, I
want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable
and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an
existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to
receive this money, even a new dollar a/c can serve to receive this
money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this
important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will
never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr Edmund Camara,The eastern district bank manager of
international bank of Africa here in Abuja-NIGERIA, during the course
of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1990 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account
again,after going through some old files in the records I discovered
that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the
money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr.Smith B Andreas ,a foreigner,and the
manager of petro-technical support services,a chemical enginer by
profession and he died since 2001.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 until his
death he was the manager GOLD ARK [pty]. NIGERIA.

We will start the first transfer with Six million [$6,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappointment from your side, we
shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your
account.

The total amount involve is forty six million United States Dollars
only [$46,000.000.00]. I want to first transfer $6,000.000.00 [Six
million United States Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners
account abroad before the rest.

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, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be
approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers
license and foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars and the
former owner of the a/c is a foreigner.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we
meet face to face after the first transfer of $6 Million before
transferring the second part of $40 Million. I am revealing this to
you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this
business,you are the first and the only person that I am contacting
for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you
the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account to be used for
the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a
binding agreement that will bind us together immediately after the
first transfer before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing
and investments.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
correct information of this account, which I will give to you upon
your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable
and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who is deeply
involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance that
you willnever, never let me down.

With my influence and my position in the bank the bank official can
transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account that you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our
physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official Will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you can call me
for heart to heart discussion through my private telephone
number(00234-8032116207) which I secured for the security and safety
of this business as you know that this business is confidential.

I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total
amount, 70% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring.

I look forward to your earliest reply in this new year 2013.

from

Mr Edmund Camara

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