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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: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?bodesongeo04@aliceadsl.fr?=" <bodesongeo04@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:31:47 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent_Reply?=

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Bodeson Geo, a banker with Citi Trust Finance Bank.
I was the account manager to Haward Assad, who was a
contractor with Shell Development Company.Unfortunately, he
died in the plane Crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight
Boeing 727 in Cotonou , Benin republic on the December 25,
2003.You may learn more about the crash on visiting this
website:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/ africa/12/26/benin.crash

Before his death, my late client deposited with Citi Trust
Finance Bank the sum of $15.5m here in my country for
himself, with the hope of transferring it to his country
during his annual leave.Since his death I have made several
enquiries to his embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to solicit
for the partnership of a trustworthy foreigner who I can
present as the next of kin to my late client to enable me
repatriate the fund overseas. This is why I have to contact you.

The bank policy stipulates that if the deposit is not
claimed within a period of time, the said deposit will be
declared unserviceable by the Bank and forfeited to the
government as the law governing abandoned deposit in my
country stipulates.

Hence, the bank has issued a notice as his account manager
to provide the next of kin or have the MONEY forfeited
within this shortest stipulated time frame.Since, I have
been unsuccessful in my search; I have resolved to seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued at (USD15.5M) can
be paid to you and then you and I can share the money as
follows; 60% will be for me, while 40% will be for you.

Should this meet your utmost consideration, please give me
your earliest reply through my email for further details.
Please feel free to ask any question you consider necessary.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you and I from any breach of the law.

The confidentiality in this transaction can not be
overemphasized as I trust and believe that you will oblige
us the security and attention it demands. Please treat this
transaction with absolute

confidentiality.You can reach me on my private
Email Address:


Thanks

Best regards,

Bodeson Geo.


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