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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: marketing@supernova-id.com
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:46:50 +0700
Subject: QUESTION: CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU WITH THESE FUNDS?

From The Desk OF Dr. David Bello,
OF Access BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
Address: Head Office
Plot 999c, Danmole Street
Off Adeola Odeku/Idejo Street
Victoria Island, Lagos
Nigeria.
Email: dr.davidbello@qq.com


Dear Prospective Beneficiary/Partner,

I am Mr. David Bello, an employee of Access BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, Lagos,
Nigeria. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
In January 2001, a renowned German oil consultant/contractor Mr. Horst
Lehmann made a numbered-time fixed deposit for twelve calendar months
valued at US$ 28.5million in a domiciliary account in my branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification of account status to his
forwarding address but got no reply, after two months, we sent a reminder
of same letter. And finally we discovered from his contact employers,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Port-Harcourt Refinery,
Rivers State of Nigeria, that Mr. Horst Lehmann, a German National died in
a Beirut-bound charter jet Plane Crash on Thursday December 25, 2003,
including his wife, and their two children. Thirty-six out of the
fifty-eight occupants of the charter jet Plane unfortunately lost their
lives.

PLEASE VIEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CRASH:
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash/index.html?

After further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a will and
all attempts to trace his kin were fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that he did not declare any next of kin in
all his official documents, including his bank deposit papers.This sum of
US$28,500,000.00 Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars , is still floating in our bank and the interest is being rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

After these several attempts, I decided to track his last name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have
contacted you to assist in securing this money before they are confiscated
or declared unserviceable by my bank.
It is therefore, upon discovery that I decided to make business with you
and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to the deceased
for safekeeping and Subsequent disbursement, since nobody is coming for it
and I do not want this money to go back into Government's account as
unclaimed bill.

Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically
related to the deceased or not. As you may bear with me, a next of kin
maybe a parent,sister, brother, close relative, associate, friend or even
a well wisher.

Therefore, whether you are related to him or not is never a barrier to
realizing the transaction.The important thing is that I have every
detailed information regarding the said Account investment and the
deceased also.

This transaction is aimed at investing in a blue chip company in your
country or any other country under a joint business partnership with you.
However, if you want certain percentage of the deposit for your
involvement, please do let me know so that we negotiate on your share.

Once the deposit is secured, thereafter, I will visit your country, for
the investment thereof. Note, that every arrangement has been put in place
for a smooth and successful transaction.

I expect a positive response from you soonest, contact me via my
alternative e-mail address:[dr.davidbello@qq.com], so I can advise you on
how to commence.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. David Bello.

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