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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: "Mrs. Hannah Ouadrago." <mrshannaouadrago@accountant.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Hannah Ouadrago." <mrshannah.dylan@accountant.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:44:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re:Greeting Dear Friend.



Greeting Dear Friend.

I write you this proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with the information  I am about to reveal to you, the Business I am proposing you is in respect of the sum of  $15,500,000.00(Fifteen Million Five hundred Thousand U.S Dollars only) belong to one of  our deceased customer who unfortunately lost his life in a plane crash along with his  entire family, click and have a view http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm Since  his death my bank has made several efforts in contacting the family of the deceased or  his relatives but all effort have proved abortive as he had no identifiable kin's men. This  sum $15,500,000.00 has remained unclaimed ever since then and nobody has come  forward as his next of kin.
 
The management under the influence of our chairman and member of the board of  Directors has made an arrangement for the fund to be declared unclaimed and  subsequently be turned to the reserve account of the bank, it is against the background  of the foregoing that I have decided to contact you for assistance and partnership for  you to stand as the next of kin to the late customer of the bank because we cannot  release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next of kin  to the deceased customer as indicated in our banking guidelines.
 
With your permission this fund will be transferred to your private or company account  abroad as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer all proof of claim  and necessary documentation will be carefully worked out in your favor by  a legal  Attorney, I assure you of 100% risk free if you find this proposal acceptable to you and  you wish to assist me. I expect your urgent response. Note that upon the transfer of this  fund into your bank account I will compensate you with 40% as your share.
 

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Hannah Ouadrago.


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