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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: norman lansana <norman_lansana@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:23:54 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION(URGENT)




 

Mr.
NORMAN LANSANA     

CONTACT
NUMBER; 0023776078999            
 

CONTACT
EMAIL;norman_lansana@yahoo.co.uk

 REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
                       

 CONFIDENCIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION



Hello Dear,

, I am sorry to embarrassed you with this business transaction, but I know will
benefit both parties that is both of us, I am looking for a foreigner in this
transaction,  I am  Mr.: Norman Lansana  auditor and accountancy
of our bank, I decided to look for the person  over this financial
transaction worth the sum of 10.5 million united state
dollars ($10.5 00,000).This is an abandoned fund that belongs to an
America foreign customers .Mr. George Burley who died along with his entire
family on Monday,
July 21, 2003 in a plane crash disaster.



I was very fortune to come across the deceased file when I was arranging the
old and abandoned customer’s files of 2003-2004 in other to submit to the bank
managements accordingly for documentation purposes. It is clearly stated in our
banking foreign policy and signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed
by the next of kin till the period of seven years starting from the date when
the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as
an unclaimed fund. Besides, it is not authorized by the law guiding our bank
for a citizen of CAMEROON
to make the claim of the fund. You can the website.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html



Therefore, the request of a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and
transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the next of
kin to the deceased. When the fund is transferred into your account, (40%) will
be for you in assistance and in provision of the bank account, while (60%) will
be for me. If you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy and
confidentiality, reply with your contact necessary for the transfer and call
me  so that I will let you know the steps to follow in order to finalize
this transaction immediately

                                                   
God have bless you

                                           
                Norman





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