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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: Mark Kim <n0_reply@usaemail.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: markkim444@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:58:00 GMT
Subject: FUND REMITTANCE & CASH

FUND REMITTANCE & CASH
TRANSFER DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
EXCHANGE CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE.
STANDARD BANK OF ANGOLA LTD
RUA DE MERICO BOAVIDA,EDIFICIO MODUS VIVENDI,4-B
LUANDA-ANGOLA
INTERNATIONAL REMITANCE DEPARTMENT

Request For Foreign Partner

Dear Sir,
I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to

enable my colleagues and I carry out an urgent business

opportunity in my department.
I work with the Standard bank of Angola; currently I am the

senior manager of bills and exchange at the foreign

remittance department of my bank. I was the account officer

to one Mr. Paulo J Oberman who died along with his family

on the 28th of November 1997 in an SAA Boeing 747 plane

crash at Indian Ocean (off Mauritius) All 159 passengers on

board were feared dead.

He left in his domiciliary account the total sum of

$20.5million Twenty million five hundred thousand USA

Dollars. Since the management got the information of his

death we have been expecting any of his relation or his

next of kin to come up and claim his money. Unfortunately

from the day of his death till the time of this letter none

of his relation or friends has come up for the claim. The

banking and financial law of Standard bank of Angola Plc

stipulates that if such fund remained unclaimed after it

will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed

bill.

On this discovery sir, I and two other senior staffs now

decided to do business with you and release the money to

you as the next of kin to Mr. Paulo J Oberman for safety

and subsequent disbursement. I will soon proceed for my

retirement leave this year, and I personally do not want

this fund to be transferred into the bank treasury as

unclaimed bill. That is why I wanted the fund to be move

out of the bank before I proceed on my retirement from the

banking services by November 25th 2010
The need for a foreigner as next of kin in this project is

occasioned by the fact that the customer Mr. Paulo J

Oberman was a foreigner and an Angolano cannot stand as his

next of kin or heir. We have agreed that 20% of the Fund

would be for you as foreign partner; thereafter my

colleague and I will visit your country for disbursement

according to the percentages indicated.

To enable the immediate transfer of the fund into your

nominated account, you will first apply to the bank as the

next of kin of the deceased, indicating your bank account

number and location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your acknowledgement indicating your

interest, I will send to you the text of the application

that you will send to the Union Bank authority for an

approval to submit your claims.
Send your reply through my direct and private email address

(markkim444@gmail.com) indicates your direct Fax and

telephone numbers for effective communication that this

transaction needs.

Please note that you are not to appear in person, as every

thing regarding this project will be strictly on

documentations and every banking documents needed for this

transaction will be taken care of by my self.
Looking forward to urgently hearing from you.
Yours Faithfully
Mark Kim




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