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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: "TEAM" <aler012@live.com>
Reply-To: perrywarj@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 11:31:24 -0000
Subject: RE: ATTENTION




Dear Friend,


I am Mr Perry Warjiyo, the director of the Accounts & Auditing Department
at Bank central Indonesia. With due
respect, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will
be beneficial to both of us.

At the bank's last accounts/auditing evaluations, my staffs came across an
old account which was being maintained by a foreign client from your
country , who we learnt was among the deceased passengers of motor
accident on January 2008, the deceased was unable to run this account
since his death. The account has remained dormant without the knowledge of
his family since it was put in a safe deposit account in the bank for
future investment by the client.

Since his demise, even the members of his family haven't applied for
claims over this fund and it has been in the safe
deposit account until I discovered that it cannot be claimed since our
client is a foreign National and we are sure that he has no next of kin
here to file claims over the money. As the director of the department,
this discovery was brought to my office so as to decide what is to be
done. I decided to seek ways through which to transfer this money out of
the bank and out of the country too, but i have to transfer the
money to you over there in your country as the next of kin, hence the
account beneficiary if from your country.

The total amount in the account is Nineteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (USD 19,700,000.00). With my positions as staffs of
the bank, I am handicapped because I cannot operate foreign accounts and
cannot lay bonafide claim over this money. The client was a foreign
national and you will only be asked to act as his next of kin and I will
supply you with all the necessary information and bank data to assist you
in being able to transfer this money to any bank of your choice where this
money could be transferred into.

The total sum will be shared as follows: 60% for me, and 40% for you, and
expenses incidental occur during the transfer will be incur by both of us.
The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going to follow my
instruction till the fund is successfully transferred into your account.
Since I work in this bank, that is why you should be confident in the
success of this transaction because you will be updated with information
as at when
desired.

I will advice you to keep this transaction secret and confidential as I am
hoping to retire with my share of this money at the
end of this transaction which will be when this money is safely in your
account, I will then come over to your country for sharing according to
the previously agreed percentages. You might even have to advise me on
possibilities of investment in your country or elsewhere of our choice.
May God help you to help me to a restive retirement, Amen.

Please for further information and inquiries feel free to contact me back
immediately for more explanation and better understanding, I want you to
assure me your capability of handling this project with trust by providing
me information details.

Contact Name: Mr Perry Warjiyo
Private E-mail: perrywarj@gmail.com

If agreed by you after going through my mail, then you are advised to
contact me immediately through this email address below:
(perrywarj@gmail.com)

Thanks and remain blessed
Perry Warjiyo





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