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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: "MR.Jerry Peterson" <bankaudit@myway.com>
Reply-To: jerry_peterson02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:24:13 -0500 (EST)
Subject: LET ME CONFIDE IN YOU.






FROM:MR.RICHARD.J. DAMIAN. DEAR PARTNER I AM MR.RICHARD. J. DAMIAN, BANK MANAGER, IN CUMBERLANDVALLEY NATIONAL BANK LONDON, UK. I AM WRITING THISLETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND FULL CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYIN MY DEPARTMENT WITH YOU. I AM CONTACTING YOU BASEDON TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY THAT WILL BE ATTACHEDTO THIS DEAL. ON AUDITTING OF FOREGIN ACCOUNTS IN MY BRANCH IDISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM VALUED AT $20.5M(TWENTY POINT FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) BELONGING TO LATE RICHARD ROSS.A PETROCHEMICALENGINEER, WHO LIVED AT MILL HILL, LONDON.UK.HE DIEDSINCE 2000.AND HIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LEFT DORMANTEVER SINCE HIS DEATH. THE MANAGEMENT AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF OUR BANKIN A RECENT MEETING LAST WEEK, RECOMMENDED THAT THEACCOUNT OF RICHARD ROSS, WHO WAS ONE OF MY BRANCH DEPOSITOR, SHOULD BE DECLARED DORMANT, CONFISTICATEDAND THE DEPOSITOR'S FUND SENT TO THE BANK TREASURYACCORDING TO CUMBERLAND VALLEY NATIONAL BANK,BANKING AND FINANCIAL LAW.
INVESTIGATION REVEALS,THAT HE DIED WITHOUT MAKING ANY LEGAL WILL,IN ALLHIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPER WORK HERE IN THE BANK, AND ALL ATTEMPTS TOTRACE ANY OF HIS RELATIONS WAS COMPLETELY ABORTIVE.HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF MY POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANTAND MEMBER OF THIS BANK, I CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEYIN MY NAME. THEREFORE; I SINCERELY SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION AS A MATTER OF TRUST TO PRESENT YOU ASA DISTANT FRIEND TO LATE RICHARD ROSS, IN ORDER THATOUR BANK WILL APPROVE THE ABOVE SUM TO BE RELEASED TO YOU AS BENEFICIARY AND THE FUND WILL BE WIREDINTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.I HAVE AGREEDTO SHARE THE MONEY THUS; 35% FOR YOU THE ACCOUNT OWNER 60% FOR ME 5% TO BE USED IN SETTLING TAXATION AND ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND RISK FREE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN WHEN YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I ADVISE YOU SEND YOUR REPLY AND INCLUDE
YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU FOR MORE DETAILS. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS TRANSFER WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN 2 WEEKS. AS I WILL USE MY POSITION AS THE BANK'S MANAGER TO SECURE ALL APPROVALS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO GUARANTEE THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF OUR TRANSACTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS I WAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. YOURS FAITHFULLY, MR.RICHARD.J. DAMIAN


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