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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.kingsley onu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Mr-Onu-Kingsley1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:46:17 -0800
Subject: In Connection with.

              
TRANSFER OF ($ 35,000.000.00 USD} THIRTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
ATTN: Sir
We want to transfer to overseas account,($35,000.000.00USD)thirty five million United States Dollars) from our Bank .
I want to ask you, If you are not capable, to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve
to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr.Kingsley Onu,the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting Unit of central bank in West Africa, during our last auditing, I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2003 and since 2007 nobody has operated on this account,after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited into bank treasury.
The owner of this account died in a plane crash  on airline transfer  International with aircraft Lockheed L-100-30 at location Vila Nova,Angola with registration  number S9 CAO while traveling with his entire family of hi wife,3 children and a maid on a festive visit to Angola.
He is a foreigner, a great industrialist and my investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the managing director of GOLD ARK [pty].
SA.
The total amount involved is (USD 35 M) thirty five million United States Dollars only. I want to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad.
But
I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner because the money is in US dollars and the deceased owner of the account is a foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this business. So, please reply urgently so that I will inform you of the next step to take. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has a correct information of this account, and I will give you the account information upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key
banker who is deeply involved with me in this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never, ever let me down. With my influence and my position in this bank, the fund will be transferred to any foreigner's reliable account that you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The banker Will destroy all documents used in the transfer immediately you receive this money in your account, by so doing there will be no traces at all. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount,5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring, While 70% will be for me and the banker involved.
I look forward to your earliest reply through this my email address, or call me on this number recently acquired for the success of this transaction.
Mr. Kingsley
Onu.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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