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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: "Emelie" <drdchmoh_4@excite.com>
Reply-To: trustbank_manager002@yahoo.es
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 04:06:56 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: email






Attention: Sir,I am Mr. Emelie Ifegeme the manager of a prime bank inAfrica.I do not know you and you do not know me butfor reasons which will become obvious to you as readon I obtained Your email address from an Internetaddress listing hoping and Believing God that you willbe trustworthy reliable and willing to assistMe.Please Sir exercise some patience while you readthrough my message.I have a very urgent and confidential businessproposition for you. On June 6th 1999 anEngineer/Consultant/Contractor with a big andInfluential Multi national Oil Company and a foreignerhere made a time deposit in a bank Which I ampresently the Manager.He did not declare any next ofkin in his application paper. The money is very bigand no one knows the source of this money becauseapparently the time frame of his employment with thecompany here in Africa does indeed preclude such alarge amount of money.It can be assumed that hebrought his money over from his country or previousplace of work but
that is open to speculation.However the point is that he is dead and his employersare not aware Of this money and therefore it can besafely assumed that no one will ever come forward toclaim this money he died in 2002. The total sum(inclusive of accrued interests) is still sitting inmy Bank in the Dormant Account Portfolio. No one willever come forward to claim it now or in the futureand according to our banking laws after 5 years themoney will automatically revert to the FederalGovernment Treasury if the Account owner is aforeigner and is certified dead but with you aforeigner applying for the transfer of this fund toyour nominated account anywhere in the world and alldocuments backing the transfer legally secured andthere is certification that the funds beingtransferred are from non-criminal sources we will haveno problems.In short this will be a proper and legalmoney transfer and there will be no related risk!We will have to process the initial paperwork toobtain approval
from the Probate Registry (Ministry ofJustice) and obtain the Letter of Administrationempowering you as Sole trustee/executor to thedeceased Estate after which I will use my position andinfluence in the bank to effect onward transfer ofthis money from our bank to your nominated account. Ifyou therefore agree to be the Legal and officialBeneficiary of the fund, please note that you will berequired to avail me with a bank account (a bankaccount with zero Credit Balance is ok).Your fulladdress phone and fax,full name and brief backgroundinformation on you (CV).As soon as I receive a positive response on yourwillingness to assist me then I will initiate theprocessing of the transfer and in about 7 working daysthe money will be in your nominated bank account forus To share in the ratio of 50% for me and 50% foryou.This transaction is guaranteed to success without anyproblems. If you agree to assist me by sending me theabove requested Information I will give you mycomplete address
including phone/ fax etc and anyfurther clarifications you may require.Looking forward to your urgent reply.RegardsEmelie Ifegeme.

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