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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: "Dr KEVIN WILLIAMS Z" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <"kevinproposal@gmail.com, kevinsproposal"@liive.tk>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:22:49 -0500
Subject: I WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU

THE DESK OF Dr KEVIN WILLIAMS Z.
AUDITS & ACCOUNTS DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B.)
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

Greeting To You And Your Family
I am Kevin Williams Z., a banker with the above mentioned bank in
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso in West Africa, holding the post of the Audit &
Accounts dept. On December, 25, 2007, one Mr. Sallah Khatif,a Lebanese
Nationality, An Astute Business man of international repute, a contract
with ecowas country, whose endeavors spans various areas of Business
interest, (Real estate, contract and Farming .etc) made a numbered time
(Fixed) Deposit, valued at $17.5 MIllion USD (seventeen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) for twelve calendar months in my
Bank Branch.
Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his company that Mr.Sallah Khatif. was aboard the AF4590
plane, which crashed December, 25 2006. After further investigation, it
was discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to
trace his next of kin proved fruitless. On further investigation, it was
discovered that Late Mr.Sallah Khatif , did not declare any next of kin
or relatives in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paper work here in our Bank. The total sum, $17.5M is still in my bank
and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end
of each year. All efforts to trace and locate his next of kin proved
abortive.
In accordance with the country's banking laws and constitution guiding
this banking institution stated that after the expiration of 6 years, if
no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin , such money
will be revert to the Burkina Faso government treasury if nobody applies
as the next of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this
respect, I seek to present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the
next of kin to the late Mr. Sallah Khatif, since no one will come up for
the claim.Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail
the A.D.B. Bank "Next of Kin Payment Application Text Form" as well as
detailed information on how this business would be carried out. And you
will be in position of 40% after the deal is done while 10% will be to
pay back any expenses we both make before the fund hits into your
account and 50% will be for me and other of my colleagues which i will
settle after we have concluded, I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of
the law, as I will use my position in the Bank here to perfect this
business transaction & secure Approvals and guarantee the successful
execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this
interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this
Transaction at hand whatever your decision is. I await your urgent
response, and fill those spaces below to enable us proceed this business
onward if interested.

Your Full Name....................
Your Sex.......
Your Age..................................
Your Country...........................
Your pass or photo.......................
Your Occupation.....
Your Personal Mobile Number.........
Your Personal Fax Number.............

As soon as i receive your positive respond i will send to you more
details information about the transaction and what you need to do
immediately.I look forward for your kind and positive response
immediately,

Yours sincerely,
Kevin Williams Z.,
Manager Audit & Account's department,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.

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