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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: Samuel Adjei <adjei011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: samuel_adjei2015@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 06:22:26 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you Friend

Greetings to you Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however, it's just for my
urgent need for a foreign business partner that made me contact you in this
manner, i am a banker by profession, I am the Auditor General here in our
Bank.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the Auditor General, it is my duty to send in a Financial report to my head
Office at the end of each business year. On the course of year 2014
business report, I discover a deposit in our auditing course and have an
opportunity of transferring a left over funds ($7.5 million USD) United
State Dollars belonging to a deceased client who died over here in car
accident according to the reports.

Since he died, the bank have made every necessary effort to locate any of
his family members but to no avail, that is why i contact you to have a
deal with you because i am the late client account officer and can easily
change all the account information and present you as next of kin which
will authorize my bank to transfer the money to you in your account as the
next of kin.

As an Officer of the Bank I cannot be directly connected to this funds,
that is why i contact you to have a deal with you, whereby the fund will be
transferred into your bank account as the next of kin which i will
pronounce you.

I am inviting you for a business deal where this money '$7.5 USD million'
can be shared between us in the ratio 60/40, Note there are practically no
risk involved now and in future, It will be bank to bank transfer, all I
need from you is your honesty and as my foreign trustful beneficiary for
you to equally not sidetrack me because the money will be transferred to
you in your country abroad.

If you agree to my business proposal, kindly send me your mobile phone
number to my email

Your Full Name:
Your Full Address,
City/State and Country:
Occupation:
Date of Birth:Phone Number:
Identification Number

Best Regards,
Samuel Adjei

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