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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: chmadu@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:48:47 +0100
Subject: MY GOOD FRIEND

From the Desk of:Mr.Chuks Madu,
GM, Accounts-Banking Division (South)
African Continental Bank Plc, Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Chuks Madu,General Manager, Corporate and
Investment
Banking Division(South)with African Continental Bank
Plc,Lagos-Nigeria.I came to know about you in my private
search for a
reliable person/company to handle a confidential
transaction on
behalf of myself. As a matter of fact, I got your
information from
the international affairs commission.

l write in respect of a foreign customer with our Bank,who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines
Flight 261 which crashed on 31 January, 2000, including his
wife.
Since the death of this our customer , I have kept a close
monitoring
of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has
come
forward to claim the money in his A/C as next of kin to the
late
customer. The total amount in the account is US$15.5
million and it
is a domiciliary escrow bank account. Also the funds can
only be
released to a foreigner.

As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to
produce the
needed information other than my very self-considering my
position in
the bank.Based on the fact that all the family perished in
the same
flight accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit
as the
next of kin,so I am seeking for your co-operation to
present you as
the next of kin, and arrange for the release of the funds
to your
honour for our mutual benefit.

I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of
70-30%.You
shall have 30% of the funds and I shall have the rest (70%)
I hope
this is a fair sharing?

I look forward to hearing from you urgently so that we can
proceed
accordingly.

I wait for your urgent response.

Thanks and best Regards.

Mr.Chuks Madu.

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