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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: "Md. Kurt Lonsway" <ktk.lonsway@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kuk.lonsway@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 15:21:48 +0000
Subject: International Business Partnership Proposal.

MR. KURT LONSWAY
MANAGER ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB)
PLOT 12 DR. KWAME NKURUMA ROAD
52 AVENUE DE LA NATION – 01 BP 54 OUAGADOUGOU 01
OUGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO

My dear friend,

How are you doing today? My name is Mr. Kurt Lonsway. I am the
Environment and Climate Change Manager for AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. I
hope you read this proposal carefully and reply me immediately. I know
that we have not met before but this business transaction will bring
us together. We had a customer in our bank. His name was Mr. Sean
Rooney. He is from America. He was working at the World Trade Centre
in America. One of the hijacked planes crashed into his office in the
9/11 attack. He works at the 98th floor of the building. You can find
the details of his death from the link below:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62151,00.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91243&page=2

Mr. Sean Paul Rooney was the Vice President for Risk management
services at the AON COPORATION. He was a victim of the 11th September
2001 terrorist attack in America. When you get to the link then go to
the section that has the heading:

List of World Trade Centre Victims

The board of directors and the management of the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK has mandated and instructed me to go and look for Mr. Sean Paul
Rooney's next of kin to come and claim his fund in our bank. The only
next of kin that was stated categorically when he opened the bank
account was his wife Mrs. Beverly Eckert. I have contacted the
American embassy here in my country to enquire about his next of kin
Mrs. Beverly Eckert. The ambassador at the American embassy here in my
country told me that his wife who is his only next of kin died in a
plane crash on the 12th of February 2009. He also made me to
understand that they don't have kids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Eckert
http://www.911truth.org/beverly-eckert/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6870794
http://nodisinfo.com/Home/beverly-eckert-flight-3407/
http://nymag.com/news/9-11/10th-anniversary/good-byes/

This means that the whole family is gone. What a sad story. He used
his wife as his next of kin when opening his bank account with our
bank but now she is no more. The reason why I contacted you is that
Mr. Sean Rooney is dead and his wife who is his next of kin is also
dead. The board of directors and the management of this bank do not
know about these developments. The board of directors and the
management of this bank have told me that if nobody applies for the
fund then the bank will return the whole fund into our federal
reserve. I want you to apply to the bank as the only surviving next of
kin to late Mr. Sean Paul Rooney. It might interest you to know that
he had a domiciliary bank account with our bank. This bank account
contains the sum of FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS. This is the exact amount
he has in his domiciliary bank account before the ugly incident
occurred. This money is still in that bank account as unclaimed money.
This business transaction is very simple and risk free. I am the
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGER of this bank. The board of
directors and the bank management are waiting for me to present the
next of kin to late Mr. Sean Paul Rooney. I told them that I am still
searching for the next of kin to the deceased. If you are interested,
I will send you the application form to fill and send to the bank
applying as the only surviving next of kin to late Mr. Sean Paul
Rooney. I will back you by letting the board of directors and the
management of the bank to know that you are the rightful next of kin
to late Mr. Sean Paul Rooney. I will prove to them that you are the
rightful person to inherit the unclaimed fund. If you are interested
then give me a reply.

YOUR FULL NAME:..............................
ADDRESS:..........................
STATE:.............................................
COUNTRY:.................................
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:...................................
DIRECT PHONE:.............................................
OCCUPATION:........................
AGE:.................................
SEX:.............................................

In respect to this transaction, we agree that 45% of this money will
be for you as my foreign partner and for the bank account that you
shall provide. 55% will be for me. The expenses in this business
transaction will be shared between us. The money will be transferred
to the bank account that you shall provide. I will travel down to your
country after the money has been transferred into your bank account.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund into your bank
account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank. Your swift
response will be highly appreciated. Thanks and have a nice day.

Friendly regards

MR. KURT LONSWAY
MANAGER ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDBANK)
PLOT 12 DR. KWAME NKURUMA ROAD
OUGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO.

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