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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Adewale Daniels(Dr.)" <dr.adewaledaniels@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: adewaledaniels33441@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:45:37 +0100
Subject: YOUR TRUST AND PARTNERSHIP.


Dr. Adewale Daniels. The General Manager Accounting, Mobil Producing Nigeri=
a. 234 Victoria Street, Lagos state Nigeria. Attention, YOUR TRUST AND PART=
NERSHIP. Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information vi=
a e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency =
and importance of the information. This project is based on trust, confiden=
tiality and sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of =
the minds. I am Dr. Adewale Daniels, the General Manager Accounting of Exxo=
nMobil Producing Nigeria, I got your contact on my confidential search on t=
he internet of your country data base in the search for a citizen of your C=
ountry that can stand as my foreign partner on the claim and joint utilizat=
ion of a fund that is lying unclaimed in the domiciliary account of a forei=
gn contractor to this organization that died of cardiac arrest in United Ki=
ngdom. The fund valued at Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United Sta=
tes Dollars, came to exist as an unclaimed contract payment made by this or=
ganization into the account of a foreigner for a particular contract execut=
ed Four (4) years ago. After his death, every effort made to get hold of hi=
s next of kin or relative to put in claims on this contractor payment has n=
ot been fruitful. The banking rules here in my country, have it that if a d=
epositor has been confirmed dead and the account has been dormant and for a=
period of five (5) years and no one comes up for the claim of such deposit=
, the bank has the right to declare the fund unclaimed and be transferred i=
nto the government treasury, with a 40% commission. Ever since I got this n=
ews, I have waiting for the appropriate time to convert this fund for my pe=
rsonal utilization. Just last week an official notification letter was sent=
to this organization by the bank on the arrangement to declare this fund u=
nclaimed and the recent merger of this company (Mobil) and Exxon Oil, I see=
it appropriate to convert this fund for personal utilization, but this wil=
l not be actualized without the help of a foreigner, for the reason that th=
is contractor is and the account holder is a foreigner. I am contacting you=
as a foreigner to stand as my trustee and foreign partner to enable me pre=
sent you before the bank as the either the business associate or the distan=
t relative of this contractor, to facilitate this fund ownership change in =
your favor and immediate transfer into your account, pending my visit to yo=
ur country for sharing and utilization between us, I also want to reassure =
you that every step on this fund transfer is free of any risk and it will b=
e carried out under a legitimate process that will protect you from any bre=
ach of the law. On the completion of this fund transfer into your account, =
the sharing should be thus:- 50% is for me as the initiator and I will conf=
idently hand over to you all the essential documents on this very contract =
that the payment is lying unclaimed in the bank, you will also guide me on =
the investment of this my share into real estate there in your country. 45%=
should be for you as my partner, considering the essential role that you w=
ill play in this transaction. 5% should be for hidden expense reimbursement=
that should be incurred on the legal actualization of this project in your=
favor. However, before further details of this laudable transaction will b=
e revealed to you. I must be convinced of your integrity, transparency and =
honest, so I will require from the following details:- Your name in full. Y=
our residential Address in full. Your Mobile (Cell) telephone number. Tel/F=
ax Number Brief information on your profile, this should include your age, =
marital status and nature of Job. This is highly a business transaction tha=
t requires someone with experience, exposure and more than average means of=
livelihood. Please treat this transaction as strictly confidential as I am=
still active with this organization. Forward your response to this my emai=
l account: ad.daniels001@yahoo.com Sincerely, Dr. Adewale Daniels=20

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