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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: "Dan Emmanuel" <Emmanuel@nab.gov.pk>
Reply-To: danemmanuel72@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 02:40:01 +0500 (PKT)
Subject: GOOD DAY



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Dear Partner/Friend,
Compliment of the season to you my good friend and partner,My name is Dan
Emmanuel , I am a staff of a bank, i will tell you the name of the bank as
i receive a positive response from you to work together to claim the fund
and transfer to your account. I work in the operations dept where I serve
as account officer to numerous customers.I am contacting you of a business
transfer,of a huge sum of money from a deceased account the amount of
Thirty Million Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling though
I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that every documents / legal paper work
that will state you the original next of kin and bring about the success
of this transaction would be provided legitimately , and all will be well
at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.The deceased person who died Mr Abdou Elzanaty died in a plane
crash along with his wife and two children with other passengers on board
was an American Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation. You can confirm his death from the BBC WORLD NEWS published
Website below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Mr Abdou Elzanaty had no next of kin in his account-opening package in my
bank, here i work in the operations dept where I serve as account officer
to numerous customers.In other to achieve this, I shall require your full
names and address, occupation,Marital statues,Age and direct telephone
number to reach you for oral communication.Most importantly,a confirmation
of acceptance from you will be needed after which I shall furnish you with
the full details of this transaction.
Yours Truly,
Dan Emmanuel

--
Dear Partner/Friend,
Compliment of the season to you my good friend and partner,My name is Dan
Emmanuel , I am a staff of a bank, i will tell you the name of the bank as
i receive a positive response from you to work together to claim the fund
and transfer to your account. I work in the operations dept where I serve
as account officer to numerous customers.I am contacting you of a business
transfer,of a huge sum of money from a deceased account the amount of
Thirty Million Three Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling though
I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that every documents / legal paper work
that will state you the original next of kin and bring about the success
of this transaction would be provided legitimately , and all will be well
at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.The deceased person who died Mr Abdou Elzanaty died in a plane
crash along with his wife and two children with other passengers on board
was an American Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation. You can confirm his death from the BBC WORLD NEWS published
Website below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Mr Abdou Elzanaty had no next of kin in his account-opening package in my
bank, here i work in the operations dept where I serve as account officer
to numerous customers.In other to achieve this, I shall require your full
names and address, occupation,Marital statues,Age and direct telephone
number to reach you for oral communication.Most importantly,a confirmation
of acceptance from you will be needed after which I shall furnish you with
the full details of this transaction.
Yours Truly,
Dan Emmanuel

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