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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: "Mr Langat John" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <langatjohn@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:50:02 +0100
Subject: Kenia zakelijk voorstel Kenya Business Proposal

Goede Dag,
                    Mijn naam is John Langat uit Kenia Nairobi Ik werk met Kenya Commercial Bank elk kwartaal voeren wij controles op klanten bank accounts.Twelve jaar geleden besef ik een vreemde bankrekening met een enormos bedrag van $ 75.000.000 USD. Het bedrag heeft me niet baffle, maar wat trok mijn aandacht was dat de rekeninghouder een non Keniaanse en had geen naaste kin.The naam gaat de heer Hindoe O. Idi en ik deed een nader onderzoek dat hij stierf in de VS ambassade bom aanval Nairobi 1998, en toen ik gegraven verder realiseer ik me dat hij was in ruwe comodities sindsdien heb ik het toezicht op de rekening wachten op zijn zakenpartner opdagen maar uptill datum niemand hebben aangetoond up, Gezien bank regelgeving slechts een buitenlander kan als stand nabestaanden, dus alles wat ik wil dat je doet is voor mij als een nabestaanden aan de heer Hindoe O. Idi te staan??, zodat we het geld kunnen verplaatsen uit Kenia naar uw land, na de deal zal ik vliegen over naar uw land en wij zullen het elk aa

Reageren terug naar mij op deze e-mail.
langatjohn@aol.com



Good Day,
my name is Langat John from Kenya Nairobi I work with Kenya commercial Bank every quarter we carry out checks on clients bank accounts.Twelve years ago I realise a strange bank account with an enormos sum of $75.000.000 USD. The amount did not baffle me, but what pulled my attention was that the account holder is a non Kenyan and had no next of kin.The name goes by Mr Hindu O. Idi and i did a further investigation he died in the USA embassy bomb attack Nairobi 1998,and when i dug further i realise he was into raw comodities since then i have been monitoring the account waiting for his business partner to show up but uptill date nobody have shown up,Considering bank regulations only a foreigner can stand as a next of kin, so all I want you to do for me is to stand as a next of kin to Mr Hindu O. Idi so we can move the money out of Kenya to your country, after the deal i will fly over to your country and we will share it 50% each and you can help me carry out investment in your country,Please do

Respond back to me on this email.
langatjohn@aol.com

Kind Regards
Langat John


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