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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: HASSAN BELLO <ecofundmonitor@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hassanbello1980@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:40:28 +0100
Subject: FROM HASSAN

My Dear,

I am Mr. Hassan Bello. the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER of Access Bank
PLC , Abuja Nigeria.

Please I sincerely need your very urgent assistance,although this may come
to you as a very big surprise since you do not know me before now. In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$24.1m dollars(TWENTY FOUR
MILLION, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers,for security reasons the name and country of
origin of the deceased will be given to you as soon as I receive a
favorable response from you and not before please.,

Since the information about his death got to the bank they have expected
his next of kin to come over and claim the funds but till date non. It
could not be released unless his next of kin applies for it or a relation
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guideline and laws but
unfortunately we learn that allhis supposed next of kin or relation died
alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you for you to come and stand as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased customer for safety and subsequent disbursement

since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the
bank treasury as unclaimed bill.The banking law and guideline here
stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after fifteen years, the
money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund but most
of the time are shared by the top executive officers of the banks.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner therefore no person from here
can stand as next of kin.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as the account provider
while 70% would be for me .Thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated.Substantial part of my
share will be used for investment in your country to avoid my bank
suspecting anything financial dealing from me.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application which you will send to the bank . I will not fail to bring
to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for
the transfer.

Please contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail.I will give
you further details later ,but be rest assured that all information that
may be required by the bank will be provided to you on demand.

Best Regards,
Mr.Hassan Bello

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