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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: "Ross.Nana" <ross.nana1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ross.nana2@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:08:08 +0530 (IST)
Subject: For Your Attention


For Your Attention
I humbly apologize with every due respect for any embarrassment my action in contacting you might cause you. Considering the fact that we do not know each other before. This is because of this ample opportunity before me to which I will never want us to lose. But for the fact that I cannot do it alone, I therefore wish to contact you for it. My name is (Hon. Ross Nana) a citizen of this country (Burkina Faso). I am divorced with children. I secured a job in a bank here after my graduation as a secretary to the chief accountant controlling international remittance funds and all foreign account departments. I was inspired to contact you purely on business deal in relation to this development that came up at the bank where I am working. On an emergency executive board meeting been summoned and presided over by the bank's chairman on Friday the 18th of March 2011, in which I was opportuned to be present at the meeting. It was revealed as a top
agenda for the meeting that there was this customer to the bank whose name was, Dr. Yasser Taymullah Muwaffaq, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This man deposited the sum of $70,000,000.00 (Seventy Million United States Dollars Only) in a domicilliary account with the Bank where I am working presently on Thursday the 29th of April 2004. Unfortunately, in 2005, he died in plane crash on his way to their Muslim feast in his country alongside with his entire immediate family of wife and two children. 
However, ever since the incident, nobody has come up or applied as the next of kin or relation to the deceased as to claim back the money. To this effect therefore, the bank has reached an agreement that if by Friday the 29th of April 2011, nobody comes up or applies as the deceased next of kin or relation, the fund would be confiscated into the banks treasury as an unclaimed asset as it is the bank's standard that on cases of this nature, where the fund remains unclaimed for 7 years, then it will automatically becomes an inverted asset /unclaimed bill. I want you to  see this as the most beautiful opportunity, which it is, that has come our way to which I had vowed to utilize wisely by cooperatively putting hands together with you to beat the bank. On this note herein I contacts you, to assist me lets claim this money. It is very easy as nobody can suspect me of aiding such claim, although this is purely bank's deal and it is 100% risk free
provided you will adequately follow up my advice and 
instructions because I will be as an insider here to put you through, if only 
you can provide a secured and trusted bank account that can accommodate such amount as stated above when transferred by the bank. The truth is that the money in question is neither mine nor yours, we are only going to use wisdom to divert this funds to ourselves. This is basically because the bank is more than rich and it will be foolishness to allow them convert this funds into the bank's treasury. I'm going to sacrifice everything humanly possible to ensure that we claim this fund and I would no doubt expect that you do likewise . As an insider, I have been able to grab all the necessary information related to this deal. I will be able to stand by you and furnish you comprehensively, with all that it will take to make this deal a success.
The depositor was a foreigner and it must take a foreigner to apply as the next of kin, that is why I am contacting you as a foreigner. After this money is finally transferred to your account, I will then resign up my appointment with the bank and come over to your country for disbursement and perhaps reside there as you may help/direct me. The offer for assistance will be 50% for me, 45% for you and the balance 5% for any miscellaneous expenses that will be incurred in this deal. Ofcourse there shall be minor inevitable expenses no doubt in this very deal before it can be archived successfully, therefore you must be financially independent before you can respond to this mail. Invariably, you must be ready to share the expenses with me equitably. In a nutshell, whatever be the expenses will be taken care of, by both of us amicably, but if you are not comfortable with this terms, do not bother to respond atal and after 5 days if I don't hear
from you, I will assume, you have declined, therefore I shall seek for an alternative. Furthermost, you must be capable to receive such amount of money as mentioned above in your bank account without much questioning and interrogations from your bank or the authority. On your response to this my appeal, I will be able to acquaint you with further steps towards achieving this deal as quickly as possible. Do respond to me immediately. Remember this deal is between you & me only, therefore no third party should hear about this, no matter who. Bear in mind that we have only but a limited time to get this deal accomplished. No room for delays. Children's food should not be thrown to the dogs. Like I said if you are not ready to adequately follow it up as stated herein, pls do not bother to respond atal, because I will not entertain any sort of disappointment thereafter. But if you are willing, capable and prepared to comply accordingly then
respond as quickly as possible. Thanks for your understanding. Sincerely yoursHon. Ross Nana.


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