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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: "Omar Ndiaye" <omarndi@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: omarndi01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:25:21 +0100
Subject: Urgent Attention Please



Hello Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met
before, but you need not to worry as I am contacting you independently of
my investigation and no other person is aware of this communication for
now. So, i feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition
and i choose to reach you through this means because it still remains the
fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However,this
correspondence is unofficial and private and it should be treated as such.
I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may
think of.

My name is My name is Mr.Omar Ndiaye, the Director of Bill and Exchange
Foreign Remittance Department of one of the prime banks here in West
Africa. This message is written to solicit your assistance to be presented
as next of kin to our deceased client who died along with his entire
family in a plane crash of Air France Concorde Airlines 31 July, 2000.
Please do view this very site for more information about our deceased
client.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The sum of 11,300,000.00 Million USD has been floating as unclaimed since
2000 in my bank and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.
My position here in the bank requires me to investigate and further
investigations discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner died without
declaring any next of kin or relation in all his official documents,
including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank. Mr. Andreas schranner,
his wife Maria , their daughter Andréa eich, her husband Christian, their
children katharina and maximilian all died in the air France concord plane
crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise. He made a
numbered time deposit with an intent of putting up a gold mining company
here in West Africa and upon maturity, the bank started contacting him but
to no avail. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall
position you as the next of Kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of
his account will be paid to you for our mutual benefit. The Banking laws
here does not allow such funds to stay more than 13 years unclaimed,
otherwise the money will be reverted to government coffer as unclaimed
funds.

I would therefore need your urgent response to this message, indicating
your interest so that i will give you the full details on how to proceed
with the transaction and have it wrapped up without further delay.


CONTACT ME ON THIS EMAIL: omarndi01@gmail.com

Regards,

Mr.Omar Ndiaye.


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