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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: "Mallam Danbaba Kure" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info_malla1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 08:40:13 -0700
Subject: ***BULK*** Hello'

>From the Desk of Mallam Danbab Kure
Email:info_malla1@yahoo.co.jp
 
Dear Sir/Madam,
 
I am Mallam Danbaba Kure, a Banker with UNITY BANK Ekiti-Nigeria here in (WEST AFRICA), married with 1 daughter. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department, a Sudanese Oil consultant/contractor with National Petroleum Construction Company - NPCC (Abu Dhabi) made a numbered time (fixed) deposit Valued at Thirty Six Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only ($38,800,000.00) in my branch upon maturity.
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally discovered from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Construction Company - NPCC (Abu Dhabi ) that Dr. Mohamed Galal, died On October 31, 1999, An Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the WEBSITE below for verification (BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm.
 
Since we got this information about his death and on further investigation I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved abortive. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Dr. Mohamed Galal did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents.
This sum of US$38,800,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to the banking Laws in Nigeria  and other African Union, at the expiration of 14 (fourteen) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the (Ekiti) Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
 
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin and business partner to Dr. Mohamed Galal so that the fruits of this old man’s labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full information like, full name, address, age and occupation so that the attorney we are going to hire will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin to this claim.
 
We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney i will give guarantees and successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply
immediately via the private email address above.
 
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:
 
Regards
 
Mallam Danbaba Kure
Ekiti-Nigeria
info_malla1@yahoo.co.jp

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