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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: Jim Mark <jim.mark@aol.com>
Reply-To: jimmark90@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:47:50 +0200
Subject: Mr. Jim Mark



Mr. Jim Mark
Northville, Michigan (MI)
1ST ST, 42770,Northville Township.
5 MILE RD,6100,11001,Lyon Township.
Occupations: External Auditor



I work as the operational manager in account management section in
charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in
USA.I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I
urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to overseas account
($30,000.000.00 USD) Thirty million United States Dollars) I want to
ask you,If you are not capable to handle it 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 for this important business trusting in you and believing in God
that you will never let me down either now or in the future.

I am Mr. Jim Afunwa, presently promoted to Auditor General in one of
the banks here in USA. During the course of our auditing last week,I
discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000
and since 2011 nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of
the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and
if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
nothing.

The owner of this account is an American and a great industrialist and
a resident of Alaska State, who unfortunately lost his life in the
plane, crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the
money. No other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account.

The total amount involved is Thirty million United States Dollars only
[$30,000.000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into a safe
account.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 the next step to take urgently. I
need your strong assurance that you will never let me down,and the key
bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.

I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law the bank official will destroy all documents of the transaction
immediately you receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I
will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 70% will be for us I and the bank officials. I look forward to
hearing from you as soon as possible if you are interested,as well on
replying send me your account details with your private phone number
together with your International Passport or Drivers Lincens to enable
me send an application to the bank on your behalf,Bellow is the
information you have to send if you
are interested in this deal.

A]. Bank Name.....................
B]. Bank Address (including Phone & fax numbers)............
C]. Swift Code............
D]. Your Account Number............
E]. Your Account Name ..............................
F]. Your Address (including Phone & fax numbers)..............
G]. Your occupation...................
H]. Your scanned international passport or drivers license for proper
identification.

Thank you for your time and attention.p
Mr. Jim Mark

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