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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: schambach@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:58:38 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IMMEDIATE=20REPLY=20NEEDED?=

FROM THE PRIVATE DESK OF:-
MARIE SCHAMBACH
AFEX BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
LAGOS NIGERIA.
TELEPHONE 234- 803-3787092
ALT;dr_marie2002@ny.com

Dear Sir,

Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is
my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project
request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you
as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.

I am MRS MARIE SCHAMBACH the Manager of Afex Bank of Nig. Plc. Lagos. I
have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you. On June 6, 1999,
an Australian oil consultant/contractor with via National Petroleum cooperation
(NNPC)MR.JUSTIN WARDS made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calenderer
month valued at US$10,500.000.00(Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars) in my branch. On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarded address but got no reply after months we send a reminder and finally
we discovered from his contract employee (Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation)
that MR. JUSTIN WARDS died from an automobile accident. On further investigation,
it was clear that he died without making a WILL. All attempts by the Australian
to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation
and discovered that MR. JUSTIN WARDS did not declare any next of kin or
relations in all his official documents including his deposit document in
my bank. The total sum US$10,500,000.00 is still in my bank as dormant acct.
No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking
law, after five years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government. If the account owner is certified death and nobody comes forward
to claim it. This is the situation, and my proposal is that I am looking
for a foreigner who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin.

This is simple. All you have to do is to immediately send me the details
of a bank account anywhere in the world for me to arrange the proper money
transfer document. The money will then be transferred into the account for
us to share in the ratio of 60% for me 30% for you while the remaining 10%
will be set aside for expenses incurred with here and there. There is no
risk involved. I am using my position and connection in the bank here to
do all the document work for the transaction. We shall employ the services
of an attorney to draft the will and obtain all necessary documents and
letter of administration in your favor for the transfer. This transaction
is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested, please reply immediately
confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction could be most
profitable for both of us. Please do not expose this deal if you are not
interested because if you do, it will take me out of seat


I am awaiting your urgent reply.
Best regards,
MARIE SCHAMBACH.






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