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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. Suvo Sarkar" <suvo.emiratesnbd19612@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Suvo Sarkar" <suvo.emiratesnbd1963@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 09:04:05 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Business proposals letter!!

Greetings to you,

With Due Respect's i know this letter will be a surprise to you because you did not give me the permission to do so and neither do you know me but before I tell you about myself I want you to please forgive me for sending this mail without your permission. I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the will of God for you to help me ,the almighty God will bless and reward you abundantly. I need an honest and trust worthy person like you to entrust this huge transfer project unto. I am Mr. Suvo Sarkar, a Bank Officer here in U.A.E,I believe it is the wish of God for me to come across you now. I am having an important business discussion I wish to share with you which I believe will interest you, because it is in connection with your last name and you are going to benefit from it.

One Late Mr. Peter ,had a fixed deposit with my bank in 2008 for 108 calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million United State Dollars) the due date for this deposit contract was last 22nd November 2018. Sadly he was among the death victims on the 30th September 2009 West Sumatra Earthquake: Padang Indonesian that killed over 1,000 people .He was in Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end. My bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because he was my friend and I am his account officer. he did not mention any Next of Kin/ Heir when the account was opened, and he was never married and had no children. Last week my Bank Management requested that he should give instructions on what to do about his funds, if to renew the contract or to received he's fund back. I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a means to handle the situation.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf. I agree that 50% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 50% would be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to me. This is why and only reason why I contacted you, I am willing to go into partnership investment with you owing to your wealth of experience, So please if you are interested to assist on this venture kindly contact me back..

Thanks for your understanding

I am waiting for your reply.



Best regards,
Mr. Suvo Sarkar

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