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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Hajeeh Ezeala <hajeehezeala001@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:50:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From HAJEEH EZEALA


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Thank you very much for your mail in response to my Proposed business Opportunity. I am very happy to hear from you, and your willingness to hear more about the Business opportunity.

Honestly, contacting you in this Business is just a practical fate and I believe that God has a purpose making us meet or know each other via this medium.

Though, I know very well that you must receive the Proposal Letter in surprise, because we have not meet face to face before, or have discuss about this before, But do not be surprise in receiving my Letter, the business was open to me, hence my action to find Partner overseas who can assist me and execute it.

The only thing I need from you is to be truthful, honest and sincere to me in this project (transaction), and nothing more.

Well, as I told you in my proposal Letter, I am the Director of Auditing and Accounting Department in our bank ( WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ) in Republic of TOGO, West Africa. I am 51-YRS old. I live in Lome, Capital city of our country. I am married to a lovely wife, and blessed with (Four kids, Boys). My wife is a Nurse and works with the general Hospital here in Lome. By the special Grace of Almighty God, me and my family will finally come over to your country as soon as this funds gets into your account.

As a matter of facts, and as it may interest you to know more of this Deal, these FUNDS (US$8.5 Million) that I want us to transfer to your overseas Bank Account from our bank through DEAL are not my money or my relatives Money. The money are in the Account of our Late deceased customer, (Mr. LEE YUN WHANG) who died in air-crash with his family since in the year (1999).

It happened that since the death of the said customer and His family, none of their relations has ever come to our Bank and ask or claim/withdraw the money in Late Mr. LEE YUN WHANG Account. As the Director of my Department, and ACCOUNT OFFICER of Late Mr. LEE YUN WHANG, i decided to make it deal (invite you to Put CLAIM over the funds), as well as withdrawing the Funds and order for transfer of the Funds into any of your reliable and secured Bank Account oversea(s), either in your Country there, or any part of the World where you had a secured Bank accounts.

For your information, I could have done this DEAL alone, but because of my position in this country as a civil servant, ( Banker ) we are not allowed to operate a foreign Bank Account, and would eventually raise an eyebrows on my side during the time of transferring the funds, because I work in this Bank, hence my another reason for contacting you, since I will be inside the Bank directing you on what to do until the funds finally transferred into your account from our Bank.

You need only to act as Next of Kin or Relation to the death person by forwarding (Fund Claiming APPLICATION Letter) to our BANK for withdrawing the Funds. The death person ( Mr. LEE YUN WHANG ) was a KOREAN Citizen, but He nationalized in our country (Togo) during his life time. He owned a lot of Companies in our country during his life time, but our Federal Government closed and folded all his Companies, and if time is not taken, they will ask for withdrawal of his Balance with our Bank. I noticed that with my power in the Bank, (me and you) can claim and withdraw all the money instead of my government can withdraw it.

If you follow my Instructions/Directions and put in your maximum assistance and co-Operation to this project, the fund (US$8.5 Million) will hit any Bank Account that you will provide for this transaction within Seven (7) bank working days, and I shall immediately fly to your Country and meet you face to face to receive my share and plan for Investment with part of my share under your Kind assistance to me, or with assistance of a Financial Adviser who you will recommend to me upon visiting you.

Please bear in mind that for business of this nature to succeed, we ( you and me ) have to be sincere, trustworthy and more importantly honest. I have taken you as my brother and strongly believe that you are not going to betray me or sit on this FUND when it eventually enters your account.

I have suffered so much and have spent a lot of time in projecting this transaction to this stage before contacting you, For that reason, I would not want you to frustrate all my efforts.

At this point, you are not required to expose this transaction to anybody (your brother, your relation or even your Bankers), because I am still working with the Bank here. Any news or information that report to our Bank here that I am in arrangement/connection for the transfer of the Funds to you (another family member of Late Mr. LEE YUN WHANG) may lead me into problems. So keep everything confidential/secret until the money enters your account and nothing more.

I also want you to know that you will be of great Assistance to me regarding Investing the money in your Country. The truth is that I do not have much business experience as I have been working for the government (Banker) all my adult life.

I am counting on your financial expertise as it relates with this transaction, and counting on your great assistance, and I hope you will not betray me at the end of the transaction by seating on the funds because I am handicap as government official. I also want you to see me as your Brother living in Africa who are only trying to make live better and also guarantee His future.

I will draft the FUND CLAIMING APPLICATION LETTER that we (you) will Fax to FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT of our bank for claiming this funds. You only need to complete the application letter with your Bank Account Details, and also your postal address and contact telephone and Fax numbers.

Only Informations which you shall be completing in the application letter are as follows:
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1. Your full postal address, office or home.
2. Your telephone and fax numbers.
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BANK INFORMATIONS:
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1. Your Bank name where you will want us to receive the Funds.
2. The bank address,
3. Your Account number with the bank.
4. Routing Code or Swift Code of the bank.
5. Beneficiary of the account.
6. Telephone and Fax numbers of the bank. (IF NECESSARY).
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Upon receipt of the above informations in the FUND APPLICATION LETTER, I will now direct you, by giving you Fax number of (Foreign Remittance Department) of our Bank where the Application Letter should be directed, for approving the funds to you, as well as remitting the funds into any Bank Account you provided in the Funds Claiming Application Letter.

I am here to monitor the process of approving the application and the Funds on your behalf as soon as you sent it to the Remittance Department of the bank.

So, you should not worry at all, I am the (ACCOUNT OFFICER) of the said death person, I am in position to influence other directors to ensure that the Fund transferred to you.

Please, I advised you again to keep this transaction highly confidential until we conclude it and I arrive in your country for Investment.

I will wait to hear from you ASAP, to enable me Draft and forward to you the APPLICATION letter to enable you complete it and Fax to the Department of Remittance of the Bank for onward processing of the transfer of the funds to us.

Best Regards,

Dr. HAJEEH EZEALA.
+228-9063174 ( PRIVATE ).

N.B : PLEASE, GIVE ME A CALL ON MY PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER +228-9063174 TO ENABLE US HEAR OUR VOICES, AFTER THAT, WE CAN COMMENCE THE TRANSACTION PROCESS.






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