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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: "THE DESK OF DAVID ALENJANDRO" <david.alenjandro@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 03:21:56 +0800
Subject: |YOUR DETAILS WAS USED TO APPLY FOR A LOAN!

FROM:THE DESK OF DAVID ALENJANDRO DIRECTOR GENERAL-AAD AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT ALBIBI INVEST TRUST SECURITY BANK UNITED ARAB AMIRATES. Dear Friend, I'm David Alenjandro, the Director General Auditing and Accounting Department (DG-AAD) of the ALBIBI INVEST TRUST SECURITY BANK. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. MY MAIN REASON OF CONTACTING YOU IS BELOW:- I want to do business with you worth sum of $356.8 Million. Please, i want to transfer this money into your bank account base on percantage . This fund was deposited into our bank about 7 years ago by an African politician whom with every investigation we had he is dead now, and since then we have not heard from any of his family member to come apply for the release of the said fund, due to he made the deposite descretely, and we also find out that he never deposite the funds with his real identity. Because the management of our bank have tried all they can and couldn't find any of their family members, and i want you to know that I have already made up my mind to share this money with you in the following sharing ratios: 60% for me and 20% for you. While 20% will go to the expenses for the bank nd government during the transfer of the funds into your account. Please, you should not be afraid of any thing in this my project .Because i will make sure that i perfect every of our dealings so that we will not have any problem on or after you received the funds. Kindly respond immediately to this my private e-mail address below:- david.lenjandro@outlook.com I will send to you immediately the details concerning this my project for our proceeding without delay, because the management of the bank in last Directors meeting concluded that if no body apply to the bank for the claiming of this total fund, the management will allow the fund to enter the Central Bank Treasury Account as an unclaimed fund.This is according to the Nation's banking law. I don't ever want this fund transfered to the treasury account as an unclaimed fund, because am in the good position to let this money be transferred out of the bank to your bank account without any problem. And I want you to know that the bank is not going to transfer the money at once into your bank account, but will transfer it in splition in order to avoid any problem. And also be rest assured that this my project is 100% risk free and will be done successfully without you and me encountering any problem ok . I want you to reply me immediately to enable me know your stand and the next line of action. Thanks for your understanding and fast cooperation in advance. Yours Faithfully, DAVID ALENJANDRO .

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