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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: "STEVEN Babamensha" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevenbabamensha@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:20:25 -0700
Subject: INTRODUCTION:STILL WAITING TO READ FROM YOU

I have this very interesting business transaction that I want you and myself to benefit from,I am an Account officer with Cal Bank PLC in charge of international remittance transfer.

There is a man (Engr. Abderrahmane slimani) who is a citizen of Brunei who was a contractor in Ghana,He died in 2015 at the age of 55 along side his wife and children in an Auto accident. Before his death he did a contract worth $13,700,000.00 (Thrteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only), this money has been approved for payment to him just last week,and The Director of Our BANK contacted me and asked me to search for his family members in any part of the world who can receive these money on his behalf as the next of kin.

Like you know he died along side his family (wife and children), So After preliminary efforts of search which came to no avail, I was given an ultimatum to find his relative before the end of June 2017 to claim the funds,or have the funds liquidated and confiscated in accordance with existing laws of Ghana because it will be assumed that no member of his family is alive.

Just Recently I found out that some people are planning to divert this fund for their selfish interest and only want to use the excuse that I am not able to look for the relatives of the dead contractor to claim the money.

After unraveling their plans and with professional consideration on my part, I decided to look for some one credible i can present to the Bank to make this claim that is why I contacted you.


What you need to understand about this transaction is that I will make sure that it passes through all international banking laws regards to this I will take care of the expenses and the cost of retaining the service of my Attorney to give the transaction the proper documentation that is required to perfect the finishing.

Your obligation in this transaction is to accept to stand in as the only existing relative of my deceased client and you will have to set up an account with a principal bank to avoid suspicion and that can accommodate these funds which I will give you information in my next letter. we share 70/30.I hope that the above is well clear to you, if so kindly send me the following;

Your Full Name:, Your Current Home Address:, Your Personal Phone Number:, Occupation:, A scanned copy of identification Either International Passport or Driver’s License.


I am taking my time to explain all these to you now because I want you to see the reasons why this transaction has to be kept really confidential in order for us to be able to achieve our goals neatly and as a foreigner gives you the privileged to stand in as my deceased client beneficiary.

Regards
Steven Babamensha

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