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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.Paul Oba" <"www."@rose.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Paul Oba" <after6@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:13:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear, I have a proposal for you.

UBA Benin Corporate Headquarters.
United Bank for Africa remittance office.
Carrefour des 3 banquets,
Avenue Jean Paul II 01 BP 2020 Cotonou,



Dear Friend,

Please accept my apologies if my message does not meet your personal ethics as it is not intended to cause you any discomfiture in whatever method.
I got your contact e-MAIL address from the internet directory and decided to contact you for this transaction that is based on trust.
I have an interesting business proposal for you that will be of colossal benefit to both of us although this may be hard for you to believe because I know that there is absolutely going to be a great qualm and distrust in your heart in respect of this email as this might sound strange to you and Coupled with facts that so many individuals have taken possession of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely Difficult for genuine and legitimate persons to get attention and recognition, please, grant me the benefit of doubt and hear me out.

I wish to place your name as the beneficiary to fifteen million three hundred thousand dollars only due to the death of the depositor Late Dr Erin Jacobson, an American national who unfortunately lost his life
And his entire family in Montana plane crash on March 23, 2009, on their way to a group ski vacation.
The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of this transaction and the confidentiality herein.
Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come up with the claim but nobody has done that, I personally tried to locate any member of his family but have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 8 years now, I have also checked the deposit documents and discovered that he did not declare any next of kin on the deposit.
Now the Management of our bank has instructed that unless the next of kin appears within the stipulated period the funds will be converted into the Government Treasury Account as unclaimed funds and the funds will be wasted.
Therefore, I cannot claim these funds without presenting a foreigner to stand as next of kin, This is reason why I contacted you to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin so that the funds will be released to you, the sharing pattern will be 30% for you and 60% for me and my woman colleague while 10% will be set aside for the expenses that will erupt in the course of a complete transaction.
I have employed the service of an Attorney who will secure all necessary legal documents that could be used to back up this claim, All the attorney need to do is to fill in your names to the documents and legalize it in the Court here to prove you as the legitimate next of kin to the late depositor Dr. Erin Jacobson then the bank will release the funds to you as the rightful beneficiary.

This is a fair deal without any risk attached either on your part or on my part as long as we comply with the laws governing the claiming of funds in our establishment.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us See this deal through and with my position in the bank as a bank Director, I will do everything possible to protect your interest and to make sure everything workout successfully.

If you are interested in this deal, kindly fill the below information’s correctly after which I will forward the attorney's contact so as to start processing the necessary paperwork that would facilitate the release of the funds to you.

1) Name:
2) Country:
3) Address:
4) Tel:
5) Age:
6) Sex:
7) Occupation Status:


The funds I am referring to is right here in this bank floating in suspense account, therefore I solicit for you to be in collaboration with me to have this done, it will be transferred into an account you will provide anywhere In the world. I will need you to provide the cooperation following supply of above information via my Private email/Phone immediately to enable the attorney to start the processing of all the above-board documents for the fund remittance.



Private E-mail: after6@yahoo.com




Best regards,

Mr PAUL OBA
Executive Director accounts.

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