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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: JINARO KIBET <kliftt99@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jinaro.k@mongenie.com
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:09:27 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS FROM KENYA.

MY NAME IS JINARO KIBET (MR) DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND TRADE
FINANCE OF PRIME BANK LIMITED KENYA, NAIROBI BRANCH. MY EMAIL
PROPOSAL IS ABOUT AN INVESTMENT RELATING TO MY LATE CLIENT MR. UMAR
ABDOLLAH MAMOUD, A SYRIAN WHO MADE A FIXED DEPOSIT IN MY BANK (PRIME
BANK LIMITED) OF US$200 MILLION AND THIS I HELP TURNED OVER TO
PURCHASE SECURITIES IN CAPITAL MARKETS.

PRIOR TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN THE ON GOING CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA HE HAD
EARLIER INSTRUCTED ME TO LIQUIDATE THE INVESTMENT SO AS TO ENABLE HIM
PURSUE OTHER INVESTMENT REQUIRING CASH PAYMENT IN SYRIA.MY PROPOSAL IS
THAT I WANT TO SEEK YOUR PERMISSION SO AS TO USE YOUR DETAIL AS NEXT
OF KIN OF DECEASED SINCE THE ORIGINAL TITLE-HOLDER DIED LIVING NO
NEXT OF KIN ON OUR BANK RECORD AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION IF NO ONE
COMES FOR CLAIM AFTER THIS QUARTER, FUNDS WILL BE RE-VERSING TO THE
GOVERNMENT TREASURY ACCORDING TO THE BANKING LAWS OF MY COUNTRY, SO IF
YOU AGREE WITH ME ON THIS TRANSACTION, WE WILL SHARE IT AT THE RATIO
OF 50% TO EACH OF US.

TO INITIATE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION, I WANT YOU TO EMAIL THE
FOLLOWING INFO'S TO ME; FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBERS SO I
CAN UPDATE MY BANK RECORDS AND MY ATTORNEY CAN INSTIGATE ON THE BACKUP
DOCUMENTS THAT WILL PLACE YOU AS THE BENEFACTOR TO DECEASED, I WILL
USE MY POSITION TO INFLUENCE THE MOVE OF THE FUNDS TO THE BANK ACCOUNT
THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOU, AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN MADE THE NEXT OF
KIN. THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, AS WE ARE GOING
TO ADOPT A LEGALIZED METHOD.

ALL I NEED IS YOUR OPTIMISTIC SUPPORT AND CONSENT, SO THAT I CAN GO
AHEAD AND CONTRACT THE ATTORNEY TO PROCESS THE LEGAL PAPERS NEEDED IN
THE BANK TO SUPPORT CLAIM APPLICATION IN YOUR NAME. HE WILL PROVIDE
THE BANK WITH A NOTARIZED LETTER FROM THE PROBATE COURT IN YOUR FAVOR
AS A PRINCIPAL REFEREE AND I WILL ALSO SIGN THE GUARANTOR FORMS IN THE
BANK TO RATIFY THE LEGITIMACY OF YOUR CLAIM. I IMPLORE YOU TO OBSERVE
EXTREME DISCRETION IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION; I WILL
DISCUSS FURTHER WITH YOU ON THE FUNDS TRANSFER PROCEDURE AS SOON AS I
RECEIVE FROM YOU THE REQUESTED INFORMATION AT MY UNDERSIGNED E-MAIL
ADDRESS.

SINCERELY,
MR. JINARO KIBET
jinaro.k@mongenie.com

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