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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: "DR.TONADO BASANTA" <paulitatham5@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: tonadobasanta220@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:43:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GREETING TO YOU DEAR GOOD FRIEND!!,



GREETING TO YOU DEAR GOOD FRIEND!!,

In order to transfer out(USD 26 Million Dollars) from our bank,i have the courage to ask for your assistance in providing me a RELIABLE and HONEST person who will be capable for this important business believing that you will notlet me downeither now in the futur.I am Dr,Tonado Basanta an accountant in one of the leading banks her in Dakar Senegal.There is an account opened in this bank in the year 2003 and since 2004,nobody has operated on this account again.After going through someold documents on the account owner`s file and the information on our computer database,i discovered that if i do not remitt this money out urgently,

it will be forfeitedfor nothing into the government purse.The owner of this bank account happens to be one Mr Andrea B.Smith,a foreigner and the director of Petro-Technical Support Service,a chemical engineer by profesion and was killed in a ghastly auto crash along the Dakar-Colloban express way and since then,no other person know about this account or anything concerning it,the account has no beneficiary and from my investigation,
i discovered also that the above mentioned company does not knowof the existence of this account and the money therein.(USD26M)I want to transfer this money into a safe foreigner`s ccount which can accomodate this money abroad but i do not know anyone who can assist me in providing a safe account which is the reason i am contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here,

but can only be approved to any foreign account as the currency in in United States Dollars and the former owner of the account is a foreigner too.I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we do notknow each other before,but berest assured that this is genuine and demands urgent attention.I inoly got your contact address from the computer with full believe and trust that you will never let me down in this business.
You are the only person whom i have informed of this business,so please reply urgently so that i will inform you the step to take in realising this once in life time opprotunity.

I want us to reach an agreement as i will need to trust you before i can allow this fund to be remmitted to your account.Once the fund is in your account,i shall fly immediately to your country from withdrawal and sharing and other investment.Iam contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account.I need your total co-operation to make this project a sucess because the management of our bank is ready to approve the transfer of this fund to a beneficiary with the correct information on the account owner`s file,which i will provide for you.

If you are capable and trustwhorthy to handle this transaction with me with confidence that you can handle the fund with strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may not comeagain in mylife.I need truthfulness and trust as i shall notwant to make any mistakes that shall make me loose this opportunity.With my position now in this bank,

i have every power to make the required changes on the account owner`s file and on our computer database thereby,fixing your information as the beneficiary to this account under the status of next of kin to the dead client and on your reply that you shall assist me get this fund remmitted,i shall begin immediately to effect the changes.You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which i will make this remmittance in your presence and the both ofus will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into your account.

I will apply for annual leave to get visa,
immediately i hear back from you that you are ready to act and recieve this fund in your account.I will use my position and influence to effect al legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministeries and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business,you will be rewarded with 20% of the total fund,75% will be for me as the initiator of the project while 5% will be mapped out for any expeses that might have been incurred during this transfer.I look
forward to your earliest reply to this mail
Best regard,

Dr,Tonado Basanta


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