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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: "Mr.Paul-Harry Aithnard" <web5@mail.yufan.com.tw>
Reply-To: paulharry.aithnard@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:06:08 +0800
Subject: I await your response

From The Office Of Mr.Paul-Harry Aithnard
N°=49, Rue de l’Hôtel de Ville
P.O. Box:01 BP 145 Ouagadougou 01 , Burkina Faso.
Phone:(+226) 74104422
Email:paulharry.aithnard@yahoo.com
Private Email:paulharry.aithnard1@terra.com
http://www.ecobank.com


Dear Friend,
I know this letter will come to you as a big surprise as we have not met
before but never mind, I got your Contact in my search for a reputable,
trustworthy person/company, who can stand self-assuredly with me in this
successful business.
But before I proceed, my names are,Paul-Harry Aithnard and I am the group
head of research/commodities in our bank and i take charge of all commodities
as well as covering all the key institutional clients such as (Banks, Asset
managers and Hedge funds) on investment strategies.
Without delay, I'm writing this letter to you with good faith and strong
desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation in this
transaction which would certainly boost the financial stand of both parties
involved when successfully completed.
As a matter of fact,i want to use my position in this bank to transfer the sum
of seven million three hundred thousand Unite States of American Dollars(US$
7,300.000.00 USD) overseas perhaps direct through any of your reliable bank
account, although i don't know if you have a reliable bank account otherwise I
would want you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to Provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new
Bank account immediately to receive this (US$ 7,300.000.00 USD),even an empty
account can serve to Receive this money, as long as you or whoever you are
providing his/her bank account will remain honest to me till the end Of this
important transaction, trusting in you and believing in God that you will
Never let me down either now or in the near future.
In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a Floating
funds of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the Bank in 1998
and since then; nobody has operated on this account again and for the time
being, the rightful beneficiary to this dormant account was the foreigner, but
unfortunately he died after a brief Illness in the year 2005 and no other
person knows about this account or anything with reference to the bank account
or the funds he deposited therein, and the account has no other beneficiary
till date.
So, I’m only contacting you in this view, based on the fact that you are also
a foreigner because, the implicated money can only be approved to any
foreigner Who can present all the bank required documents that will provide
evidence that he/she is the true Next of Kin/Beneficiary to the deceased
person and by grace of God, I can guarantee to prove whatever bank require
documents for you when necessary to enable the bank to approve and transfer
the money direct through your bank account.
For that reason, if you are sure of your capability of handling this
transaction with me with trust then, I shall make the necessary arrangement
for the hitch-free transfer of this Money (US$ 7,300.000.00 USD) direct to any
of your secure and reliable bank account that you may nominate, but first of
all we shall sign a binding agreement, to bind us together as partners in this
regard that nobody will betray each other and if in truth that you will not
betray me when this money is successfully transferred to your bank account
then you will have 40% out of the total money (US$ 7,00.000.00 USD) but we
must have a mutual contract agreement first that you will not betray me or run
away with this (US$ 7,300.000.00 USD) when it has finally transferred to your
bank account, if you agree then I will give you more details and directive to
get this money release/transfer to your bank account in less than 7 days.
In fact, I am revealing this big business opportunity to you with believe in
God that you will never let me down, because you are the first and the only
person that I have contacted for this business, as a result you can please
reply without delay and indicate Your sincere position, to enable me giving
you more details and modalities which has already mapped out for the
hitch-free transfer of this money. Upon your Positive response and once I am
convinced that you are capable and Willing to meet up with my instructions
then i will arrange all the necessary things relating to the smooth transfer
of this (US$ 7,300.000.00 USD) to any of your trustworthy foreign bank
account, which you may provide for this purpose.
I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon.
Yours truly,
Mr.Paul-Harry Aithnard

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