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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: "Grundy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <telexmanager_mr_johnsongrundy@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:20:13 +0100
Subject: Dear friend please read and reply quick.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Johnson Grundy, from BURKINA FASO. I work presently with African development Bank as a telex manager. I have been searching for your contact since you left our country some years ago. I have made this contact and I trust that you would be of great assistance to me.

I'm not completely certain that this is your perfect email address because I only used your name initials to search for your contact. Well, you might be the wrong person here but please regard this as a confidential information, and do not reveal it to another person. However, should you be interested to accept my proposal and render help kindly let me know.

I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am sceptical to reveal this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life.

It has been 10 years now that most of the avaricious/greedy African Politicians used our bank to move illicit money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer.

I acted as the bank officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed in their acquisitive act, I cleaned some of their banking records from the bank database and no one care to ask because the money was too much for them to control.

They moved over $5b dollars during the exercise, and as I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert thirty five million united state dollars ($35m) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than 8 years now that most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($35) Million dollars has been laying waste and I do not want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign or a beneficary account. The money will be shared at 60% -- 40% between us.

There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me by providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do.

For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took
the whole money did not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my own but
you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the
bank knows about the funds.

Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this project

I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your confirmation and
acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted associate.

Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,


Mr. Johnson Gr.
African development Bank
Address: African Union Driver, Sect 110.

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