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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.James Apeh" <mrwjsph@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:04:17 -0400
Subject: reply



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Mr.James apeh
Private account section
Citi Bank Group NA
Accra-Ghana




Hello,

I have a very urgent & confidential business proposition for you & for
our er-all mutual interest.
On June 6 2007, the owner "GOIL LIMITED"made a numbered time(fixed)
deposit for Thirty six calendar months,valued at USD$3,200,000.00(Three
million two hundred thousand dollars) 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 "GOIL LIMITED"
contract employee that He passed on as a result of heart attack.On
further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL & all
attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation discovered that he did not
declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his
bank deposit paperwork.This sum USD$3,200,000.00 is still floating in
the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year.No one will come forward to claim it. According to
Laws, At the expiration of 10 years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Bank if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the beneficiary next of kin.

This is simple (1)I will like you to provide me immediately with your
full names/ address with your direct telephone number.The money will be
paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and
50% for you, and with my position as the account manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.we will do the paperwork for
this transaction if demanded.Upon your response, I shall then provide
you with more details and relevant documents that will help you
understand.PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, and be rest assured
that this would be most profitable for both of us because i shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply and please save me the anxiety of endless
waiting.God bless you,

Mr.James Apeh
Private account section
Citi Bank Group NA
Accra-Ghana

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