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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: Kennedy Green <info.group.office@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kennedygreen.1960@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:35:27 -0700
Subject: URGENT: R.S.V.P. (RESPONDEZ SIL VOUS PLAIT).

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From The Desk of: Mr. Kennedy Green,
Audit & Account Manager
UBS Investment Bank.


Hello my dear friend,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this
message meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact
might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the
past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and
the immense benefit it will be to you. After careful consideration, I
resolved to contact your assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for
your most needed infringing on your privacy.

I am Mr. Kennedy Green, Working at UBS Investment Bank as the Manager of
Auditing & Accounting Department. During my last banking Audit I discovered
an abandoned account belongs to one of our Deceased Customer, Late Dr.
Walid Ahmed Juffali, Citizen of Saudi Arabia and Billionaire Saudi
businessman. He was the chairman of E. A. Juffali and Brothers, one of the
Saudi Arabia's largest companies.

Meanwhile, before I contacted you I have done personal investigation in
locating any of his relatives who knows about the account, but I came out
unsuccessful. I am writing to request your assistance in transferring the
sum of $60.000.000.00 (Sixty Million United States Dollars) into your
account.

After my further investigation, I discovered that Late Dr. Walid Ahmed
Juffali died without any Next of Kin/ Relatives in his documents file here
and because of the static of this fund, I decided to contact you to act as
his Foreign Business Partner so that my bank will accord you the
recognition and have the fund transfer into your account.

I will provide the entire relevant document that will be requested to
indicate that you are the rightful Business Partner of this legacy and my
bank will release the fund to you without any further delay, upon your
consideration and acceptance of this offer. The total sum will be shared as
follows: 50% for me and 50% of the fund will be for you.

What I introduced to you might be a smack of an unethical practice but this
is a once in a life time opportunity that is capable of making things
better for us and moreover, if I fail to present my late client’s next of
kin in couple of weeks, the truth is that this money will be taken by the
government or by some greedy officials of the bank and I would not fold my
arms and watch this happen hence my decision to contact you.

This is my 16 years in the banking industry and would like to retire with
something tangible therefore; I have planned to retire as soon as this deal
is completed.

I am assuring you that this transfer is 100% risk free on both sides hence
you are going to follow my instructions till the fund transferred to your
account. More details information will be forwarded to you to breakdown
explaining comprehensively what require of you.

Thanking you for your most unusual co-operation, a divinely sympathetic and
compassionate consideration and a thoughtful understanding.

I am anticipating to hearing from you soon and God bless.

Yours respectfully,

Mr. Kennedy Green,
Audit & Account Manager.

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