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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: "John Aboh." <joaboh.firstbannkplc@accountant.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info.seanscott@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:21:35 +0600
Subject: Reply Urgently.



First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
National Headquarters,
35 Marina Lagos, Nigeria.
E-mail: joaboh.firstbannkplc@accountant.com
Phone: 234-706-3401-849.

Sir,

Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is my
humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project
request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you
as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.

I am John Aboh, the Manager of First Bank of Nigeria Plc Headquarters,
Lagos. I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you.

On April 30 2012, an American oil consultant/contractor with Nigeria
National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) Mr. Peter Bush made a numbered time
(fixed) deposit for twelve calenderer month valued at US$14,600,000.00
(Fourteen Million Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in my branch.

On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but
got no reply after months we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employee (Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation) that
Mr. Peter Bush died from an automobile accident. On further investigation,
it was clear that he died without making a WILL. All attempts to trace his
next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Peter Bush
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents
including his deposit document in my bank. The total sum S$14,600,000.00
is still in my bank as dormant account. No one will ever come forward to
claim it. According to Nigerian banking law, after five years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government. If the account
owner is certified death and nobody comes forward to claim it.

This is the situation, and my proposal is that I am looking for a
foreigner who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin. This is
simple. All you have to do is to immediately send me the details of a bank
account anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money transfer
document. The money will then be transferred into the account for us to
share in the ration of 60% for me 30% for you while the remaining 10% will
be set aside for expenses incurred with here and there.

There is no risk involved. I am using my position and connection in the
bank here to do all the document work for the transaction. We shall employ
the services of an attorney to draft the WILL and obtain all necessary
documents and letter of administration in your favour for the transfer.
This transaction is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested, please
reply immediately and be rest assured that this transaction could be most
profitable for both of us. Please do not expose this deal if you are not
interested because if you do, it will take me out of seat.

I await your urgent reply.

Best Regards,
John Aboh.

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