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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. David Johnson," <mr.david.2000@aol.fr>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:09:57 -0500
Subject: I Need Your Urgent Assistance.



From: Mr David Johnson
African Development Bank,(ADB)
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou

My Dear Friend,

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize
for barging this message into your mail box without any formal introduction
due to the urgency and confidential of this issue and I know that this
message will come to you as a surprise. Please this is not a joke and I will
not like you to joke with it.

I am Mr David Johnson, a Manager in African Development Bank, (ADB)
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this
trust and confident that I am about to establish with you for the mutual
benefit of you and I. This fund was deposited in our bank by Mr. Kattan
Azmal from Jordan who died in a plane crash in 2000 Tbm 700 aircraft on 31st
July with his wife and the whole crew on board.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($10.5) million Usd
into your account within 7 working banking days. This money has been dormant
for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along
with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July
31st 2000.

I want our bank to release this fund to you as the nearest person to our
deceased customer while i come over to your country to share this fund with
you as soon as you confirm this fund into your account and ask me to come
over. I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasure as an abandoned
fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you so that our bank will
release this money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer.
Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it
if you are not interesting.

As the director of the department, this discovery was brought to my office
so as to decide what is to be done. i decided to seek ways through which
transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too. The total
initial amount deposited in this account was thirty six million, five
hundred thousand dollars (usd 36,500,000.00) but with subsequent withdrawals
from the account by the depositor before his death, the account was audited
by my department and we discovered that the remaining balance in the

bank account is ten million, five hundred thousand dollars (used 10,
500.000.00 and with my position as the accounts and audit department
director of this bank.

Upon the receipt of your reply and indication of your capability will give
you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you
will have 50% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this
business with me while 50% be for me, Because I don't want anyone here in
our bank to know my involvement until you confirm this fund into your
account and ask me to come over for the sharing as I indicated.

I am looking forward to hear from you immediately for further information To
commence this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your
interest by a return mail for more details; Please note very Importantly
;That you can only get me through by my private email Enclosed here;
(mrdavidjohnson77@gmail.com)

THE REQUESTED INFORMATIONS BELO
==================================

1. FULL NAME..............

2. TELEPHONE NUMBERS......

3. YOUR AGE......

4. YOUR SEX.........

5. YOUR OCCUPATION........

6. YOUR COUNTRY......

7. YOUR HOME ADDRESS......

8. MARITAL STATUS.........

Thanks with my best regards

>From Mr David Johnson,

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