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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: "Mr Adebayo Adelabu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adelabu.adebayo1@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:11:02 +0700
Subject: Re ...........B

Dear friend,
I am Adebayo Adelabu the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department in a Bank, Actually, I have a very urgent & confidential Business Proposition for you & for our mutual interest.On the 6th of March 2001,our Customer, an American National,late.Jeremiah J. Ahern.an Oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, deposited, a valued amount of US$ 32Million in my branch.Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder, & finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC, that late Jeremiah J. Ahern ,until his death Thirteen ( 13) years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airline flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles,crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) with 86 people on board. All occupants of the Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives. in September 11, 2001. Please confirm from this site:http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memo!
rial/people/2632
.html
Since his death, the management of my bank has made a series of efforts to locate his family but all efforts were proved futile. I also performed research to find his family and was able to confirm that his mother, who was the only surviving member of the family, died at the hearing of his death. He was divorced prior to his death and due to this fact no one was able to claim the funds he deposited in my bank legally because there was no will attached to it. He had a secret dollar account with my bank worth the sum of $32 Million (Thirty Two Million United State Dollars ) with an accrual interest agreement of 6.7%, which has been for in effect for the past 13 years.
My purpose for contacting you now is this: My bank during the last executive board meeting resolved that if by the end of next year and there is no beneficiary to the said account, the account will be confiscated and the funds sent to the bank treasury, this is where I am interested in and want you to come in: I want you to present as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to this account. I have all the titled documents to confirm your claim and as the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of this branch, it is in my power to carry out any form of verification on the beneficiary of the said funds and process the fund wire without any problem. Be informed that it is legal, 100% risk free as all the titled documents will be changed to your name, and the funds wired to any bank account you wish to have it wired to.
Please note that I am willing to let you have 50% of the total sum while you give me 50% when the fund is credited to your designated bank account. Also, note that I am willing to go extra mile to make this a success because if anything goes wrong, then we stand the risk of losing the funds and it will a shameful for trying to carry out such a transaction without completion. This is why I am contacting you so that we can put heads together and take care of this transaction within now and the next 15 days. I will advice you send the needed details as follow
1) Your Full Name:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Phone, Fax and Mobile :
(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status:
(5) Company/Business Name:

Kindly get back to me with this my private email immediately (adelabu.adebayo@yandex.com ) so that I will advice you on how this will be carried out.
I am expecting your response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Adebayo Adelabu.

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