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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr=2E_Deiudonn=C3=A9_Naibilla?= <rldthomason068@gmail.com>
Reply-To: deiudonne.naibilla22@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 00:36:48 +0100
Subject: RE:- MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION AND ATTENTION NEEDED !!!!!.

From :. Mr. Deiudonné Naibilla
Bank Internal Account Department

Attention:. Dear Partner,

Good day ,

I am Mr. Deiudonné Naibilla, Head Of Operation ( FINANCIAL &
DEVELOPMENT BANK ) and the Bank Account Officer to our late Bank
customer ,who work as Director Of Engineer with the Federal
Air-Aviation Commission here in my Country ( Lome - Togo ) before he
died in 2014 after a brief illness. Our late customer deposited the
sum of ( US$35,350,075.00 ) with our Bank ( FINANCIAL & DEVELOPMENT
BANK ) here in my country .

As the personal Bank Account officer to our late customer , I have
been instructed and mandated by the Bank Directors, Bank Management
Board and the Bank Internal Financial Service Authority to locate and
present the late customer's relative/next of kin to make claims to the
said deposited fund ( US$35,350,075.00 ) with my approval and legal
backing as the personal bank Account officer . I have tried all effort
ad my best to locate any of his relatives/next of kin to make the
claim(s) to the said deposited fund failed . As out late customer did
not have any next of kin or relative's name,address or contact on
record with the Bank. i could not locate anyone as next of kin or
relative.

As a result, i am taking this advantage to solicit for your maximum
co-operation , understanding and support . You and our late customer
are from the same country and have the same surname . I solicit for
your total loyalty to stand as the relative/next of kin to my late
customer to make claims to this said deposited fund

I will present you as the next of kin and enter all your contact
information needed into the Bank ( FINANCIAL & DEVELOPMENT BANK )
database for authentication and validate you as the rightful next of
king.

I really need your assistance and co-operation to make claim to this
unclaimed fund ( US$35,350,075.00 ) . With all my approval and legal
backing,i will present you as my late client's relative ( Next Of Kin
) to make claim to the said fund. As his personal account officer,i
have all the Banking Account details ( All Information needed ) and
all legal backing to make the claim of this funds with you, before the
Bank Directors ad Bank Management Board get the fund (
US$35,350,075.00 ) seized , confiscated or declared unclaimed. I have
resolve to share this fund with you as 50% for you, 50% for me . To
start and proceed on all procedures for the processing of this
claim(s) , I need your full contact information:.

Private email address......
Full Name :....
Complete Address:.......
Age:...........
Occupation:.....
Mobile Telephone:.
Home Telephone:....

I will make all necessary information known to you for your
understanding with all the detail procedures and processing.
Furthermore, I guarantee and assure you that the transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect your
interest from any breach of the law.

Contact me via my private email ( deiudonne.naibilla22@hotmail.com )
for more details.

I will appreciate your timely response.

Yours Sincerely,


Mr. Deiudonné Naibilla.
Bank Internal Account Department

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