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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: mur1313max@gmail.com
Reply-To: max011965@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:42:54 +0000
Subject: I remain respectfully to you

Dear friend,

With due respect, I write you this proposal believing that it will receive the most desired attention from you even as we have not had any previous correspondence, Although, I am constrained by insufficient information about you, but I will express in objectives of this proposal.

My name is Mr. Murphy Maxwell; I am the crediting Audit and branch manager of Standard Chartered bank. I write you in respect of a foreign customer with our bank, before his sudden death. He was among those who died in April 7th tsunami in Japan 2011. http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/17/world/asia/japan-earthquake---tsunami-fast-facts/ and http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13005110
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-13138965


Since the demise of this our customer, who was an oil Merchant/contractor, I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then nobody has come to claim the money in his a/c as next of kin to the late Engineer, He had only USD 15.4 mllion dollars in his a/c and the a/c is coded. It is only an insider that could produce the code or password of the Deposit particulars. As it stands now, no nobody is in that position to produce the needed information other than my very self, considering my position in the bank as his account officer.

I am asking for your assistant to release the money to you as his relation/next of kin for safekeeping and disbursement. I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive, but I am assuring you of the security of us all as modalities have been perfected for a swift and smooth operation. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100% hitch-free and that there is absolutely no risk in it, having concluded the modalities for a smooth operation and my position in the bank guarantees its successful execution. All I require is your honest co-operation, a guarantee of your sincerity and capability to enable us concludes this deal. Note however that the sensitive nature of this transaction demands that you have to keep it absolutely confidential.

Notwithstanding, I want you to know that we shall share 50% to you and 50% to me because I don’t want to be greedy.

I remain respectfully,

Mr. Murphy Maxwell.
Audit and Branch Accounting Manager
Standard Chartered Ghana
E-mail: max011965@gmail.com

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