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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Helen Adams <internationalmonetaryfundhead1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshelenadams10@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:34:39 +0100
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal,

Urgent Business Proposal,

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must
come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners. 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 confidentiality of the matter.
Meanwhile this Business need Urgent Attention and i really wish to
Hear From you fast after reading this mail if you can be able to
assist to me in this Deal. My name is Dr. Mrs Helen Adams from Burkina
Faso West Africa. I work in Bank Of Africa (CBN) as ATM DYmanager, so
let this message confidential and do not reveal it to another person
if you can not assist me because i am still working with the Bank.


It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians
used our bank to launder 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 transferring to foreign accounts, so I
also used the opportunity to divert part of the funds into account
that belong to one of our late foreign Customer 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 greedy act; I
also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank files and no
one cared to ask me.

because the money was too much for them to control. They laundered
over $5billion Dollars during the process. and i was able to diverted
$15.5 million Dollars to an escrow account belong to one of our late
foreign Customer 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 and i can not come out to claim this fund direct as i
am working with the bank. It is more than Four years now and most of
the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds
overseas. The ($15.5 million Dollars) has been in our bank and I don’t
want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a
foreign account to enable me start a Good investment oversees and i
need you as foreigner in this business. The money will be shared 60%
for me and 40% for you. 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 reliable bank account where the funds can be transferred
and also stand as the Depositor of this Fund because i will change the
Deposit Certificate in youR name as soon as i receive your
information.

You will not 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 to grab my own life opportunity but
you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as
no one in the bank knows about my plans 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 do declare your
consent to me. I am looking forward to hear from you immediately with
Your Information as stated Bellow.

Bank Name:...........................
Account Number.......................
Beneficiary Name.........................
Phone Number...................
Age....................................
International passport......................
Occupation......................................
Country Name................................


Thanks with my best regards.

Mrs Helen Adams

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