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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: "jame kaka" <jameskaka@accountantgeneral.net>
Reply-To: jameskaka@wanadoo.es
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:08:49 +0000
Subject: FROM GRAND BANK


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am an accountant with GRAND BANK OF AFRICA PLC. My name is Mr. James Kaka. I am the Personal Account officer to Engineer. Andrew Wilson, a National of your country,who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Herein after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000,my client, his wife and their three children were involved in the Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal aircrash on 30 JAN 2000. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful after these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they getconfiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the GRAND BANK OF AFRICA PLC .Where the deceased had an account valued at about ($10 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($10 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen bottle necks we might incure in this transaction an attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

Please indicate your willingness by sending the below information for more
clarification and easy communication.

Your full name.
Your contact address.
Your tel and fax numbers.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.Iguarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

For security reason please reply to this my email address:   jameskaka@wanadoo.es

Best regards,

Mr. James Kaka.



 

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