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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: "Mr Johnson Adamu Of Union Bank Plc" <jjjadamu003@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: mradamujohnson003@accountant.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:19:27 -0000
Subject: I Contact You In Confidence To Be Next Of kin To Our Late Customer.

Dear Sir,

This is a confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge
sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. A
foreigner, Late Engineer Paulson Creek, an Oil Merchant / Contractor with
the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death five years ago in a
ghastly air crash, banked with us here in Union Bank Plc. Lagos, and had a
closing balance of US$51.5M {Fifty One Million Five Hundred United States
Dollars} which the bank now unquestionably expects it to be claimed by any
available foreign next-of-kin of the Late beneficiary or alternatively be
donated to a discredited trust fund for arms and ammunition at a military
war college here in Nigeria. Fervent valuable efforts are being made by
the Union Bank to get in touch with any of the Creek family or relatives
but proved abortive.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of Late Engr. Paulson Creek"s family members / next-of-kin {he had no wife
and children} that the management under the influence of our chairman and
member of the board of directors, retired Major General Kalu Uke Kalu, to
make an arrangement for the fund to be declared {UN-CLAIMABLE} and
subsequently be donated in Africa and the world in general.

In order to avert this negative development, some of my trusted colleagues
and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next-of-kin to Late
Engr. Paulson Creek so that the funds US$51.5M would be released and paid
into your bank account as the beneficiary / next-of-kin to Late Engineer
Paulson Creek. All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be
carefully worked out and more so we are assuring you a 100% risk free
involvement. Your share stays while the rest would be for myself and my
colleagues for investment purposes in your country. We have agreed that,
the funds will be shared thus, after it has been transferred into your
account. The sharing ratio is as follows:

{1} 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
funds
{2} 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any
incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the transfer.
{3} 60% to us the originators of the transaction.

If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage
of the trust, we hope to bestow on you and your company, then kindly get
back to me immediately via my private email address above for security
reasons. For more information, contact me @
(mradamujohnson003@accountant.com).
Furnishing me with your most confidential telephone, Fax numbers, your
contact / resident address and exclusive bank particulars including your
official id so that I can use these information to apply for the the
release and subsequent transfer of the funds in your favour.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.

Best regards,

Mr.Johnson Adamu.
(Director Foreign Operation).
Union Bank Plc Nigeria

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