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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: "Emme Harry" <emme_111harry@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:36:10 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY.

From:The Desk of Mr Emme Harry,
Bill And Exchange Manager,(TSB)
International Bank of Africa-(IBA/CTB).


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE.

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day. I deceided to contact you after I received your
informations on the net,in search of a partner for this business.Hence I
confide in you.I am Mr Emme Harry,from (International Bank of Africa).During
the course of our auditing we discovered the sum of US18,500,000.00(Eighteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) floating in an account opened in this
Bank since 1997 and as from 2001 nobody has operated on this account again,
and after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a [HEIR]sept11th 2001 by plane crash,
hence the money is floating.

After due verification I noticed that no other person knows about this
account except his wife who was also invovled in the crash, and the account
has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
until his death he was the Director GOLD ARK[SARL] Since our
bank,(International Bank of Africa)Benin Rep.got informations about his
death,we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim his
money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of
kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and
policies but up to date nobody came up to this bank as his next of kin
or relative.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I in my department now decided to
make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next
of kin or elation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming forth and we don't want this money to go into the
Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next
of kin as no one has come up as his relation. And the country law here does
not allow such money to stay more thanFive years, for the money will be
recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this period.Upon
the receipt of your response, I will send to you the application form,banks
contact and the next step to take.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer
can be finalized within fourteen banking days, after you apply to the bank
as a relation to the deceased.It has been resolved that 30% will be for you
while 10% has been maped out to defray any expences that might be incured
during the process of the
ransaction.Then 60% will be for me which shall be release after the funds
must have been remitted into your bank account. When you receive this
letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision.Including your
private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.I will be very happy if you
can treat this business with the utmost secrecy it demands because of my
position in this
bank. For confidentiality reasons, kindly call me on my direct line and also
reply to my private Email: emmeharry_3@yahoo.com

Hoping for a very successful business relationship with you.

Best Regards,
Mr Emme Harry.

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