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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: Mary Emmanuel <mary.emmanuel@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:01:23 +1100
Subject: Next of Kin offer



--
My name is Mary Emmanuel, head of operations and Foreign Transfer
department. On March 10, 2014 while going through the files of our
foreign customers we noticed that one of our customer's account has been
dormant since July 2011 and when we tried to contact the customer we
were told that he died with his entire family during the Libya war. He
stated his wife as next of kin but unfortunately she is died also in the
war along with the husband and 3 children.

ON Friday last week during our executive meeting, it was said that if
nobody comes up as a next of kin within a (30) days the money
$26,500,000 USD(Twenty Six million five hundred thousand United State
dollars) will be confiscated and sent to the national treasury. After
meeting, my colleague called me in the office and asked me to look for a
good person who will stand as a next of kin or beneficiary to the late
Libyan national to avoid the money being sent to the national treasury,
which will eventually go into the pocket of some corrupt politicians. I
have worked hard here and this is an opportunity for me to secure my
future when i retired.

I decided to contact you to present you as the NEXT OF KIN or
BENEFICIARY to (Mr. Mohammad HUSSIEN) to enable you receive the money on
our behalf. When you receive the money I will come over to your Country
for the sharing as follows:30% for me ,30% for you, and 30% for my
colleague while 10% will be set aside to cover all expenses both parties
will incur in the process of documenting the funds in your name.

Be informed that all information needed to make this transaction
successful are in my possession. All I need from you is to indicate your
interest to be the NEXT OF KIN to (Mr. Mohammad HUSSIEN) and i will
present it to the bank. This is 100% risk free. Its going to be a
bank-to-bank transfer, hence I will introduce you to an attorney who
will help facilitate documentation. I will stop here untill I hear from
you. PLEASE KEEP THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL TO AVOID COMPLICATION
which may mar or destroy our plans. Security was the first thought not
an afterthought. So, arrangement have been made.

If you accept this offer, Get back to me with the following information.

(1) You Full names:
(2) Your Private phone number:
(3) Your Current residential address:
(4) Your Occupation with company name if available:
(5) Your Age and Sex:

I will await your urgent response.


Sincerely,

Ms Mary Emmanuel
Chief of Operations
Sahel Sahara Bank Bsic (Gh) Ltd.
My tel #+233 502440077
E-mail: mary.emmanuel@outlook.com

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