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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: "Tobechukwuhenry40@t-online.de" <Tobechukwuhenry40@t-online.de>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 12:55:30 +0200
Subject: Good Day

Good day,

Please permit me to introduce my humble self to you, I m Mr. TobechuKwu Henry, I am the Manager of International Relation with a bank here, I'm 51yrs old, I got your email address on the Internet and My Confidence reposed on you.

we have a customer, a foreigner but base here in Nigeria, his Name is Mr. Neyda, he base here with his wife and his two children, Mr. Neyda has been banking with our bank for the past 8years, some time August 2007 Mr. Neyda was on his way to his house and unfortunately he ran into a Trailer load of Groundnut Oil and died immediately, their car got burnt, no single soul was saved, Mr.Neyda and his entire family was confirmed died.

My Board Directors and Board Management Has mandated and instructed me to look for Mr. Neyda relation/relatives and his next of Kin to come and claim Mr.Neyda's Fund Since August 2007 till date I have been looking for Mr. Neyda relation's and relatives to come and claim his Fund which he deposited with our bank I have contacted his Embassy and after 3days his Ambassador told me that Mr.Neyda has no relation their Ambassador told me that Mr. Neyda used his first son as his next of kin but it is quite unfortunate that he died with all his family members.

The reason why I contacted you is thus, Mr. Neyda is dead, and his only son whom supposed to inherit his properties and money also died with him. As at this moment nobody or person[s] has come to claim this money from our bank. The board directors and management of our bank has told me that if nobody or person[s] apply for the claim of Mr. Neyda Fund the bank will return Mr. Neyda's Fund into our Federal Reserve.In the Light of the above, I want you to stand as the Relation/relative Of Late Mr. Neyda, I want you to act as Neyda's relation or family member so That we will inherit Mr.Neyda Money which he deposited with our bank, it might interest you to know that Mr. Neyda has a Domiciliary Bank Account with our Bank and he has a total sum of $us 11 million seven hundred and twenty five thousand Dollars, this is the exact amount which late Mr.Neyda has in his domiciliary Account, and this money is still in his account as unclaimed money.

This transaction is very easy and simple, and it is 100% risk free.
Finally, if you are interested with this transaction, reply me immediately and let me know what you say, feel free to ask any questions. I will be waiting for your immediate response.

Thanks
Mr. TobechuKwu Henry

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