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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 Joe Beck <jameswilliams200989@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: joebeck2009@hosanna.net
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:20:13 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

Mr Joe Beck
Chief Auditor .
Financial Bank Head office Corporate
Audit Department.
06 BP 1409 dpakpa godomey,
Lome Togo Republic.
Date:24/10/2008

Dear Brother,
My name is Mr.Joe Beck , an audit officer in Financial Bank LOME TOGO. I am writing for the following opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of 5.5 Million Euros (Five Million Five Hundred thousand Euros) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers Late Engineer.Daniel Herbert , who unfortunately lost his life on a TAM airlines commercial jet crashed in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 and burst into flames after skidding off a runway and barreling across a busy highway. All 176 people on board were feared dead in what would be Brazil's deadliest air disaster, and at least 15 were killed on the ground.

http://chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-07/18/content_5438453.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/070718/GAL-07Jul18-81840/index.html

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at 5.5 million Euros left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Financial Bank LOME TOGO where this huge amount were deposited. The said Financial Bank LOME TOGO has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 1 and half years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you a foreigner , so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

get in touch with me through my private mail address(joebeck2009@hosanna.net)

Here is my direct number 00228 91530 66 call me for oral conversation.

Best regards.
Mr Joe Beck

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