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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Owode <agent.richardk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: frankowode404@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:53:31 -0800
Subject: I await your urgent reply

From: Mr. Frank Owode
Email:frankowode404@yahoo.com


Attention Please!!!,

My name is Mr. Frank Owode, an account manager with the Fidelity Bank
Plc to late
Mr. Robert Thompson a foreign investor in Nigeria who unfortunately
lost his life
after a brief illness. He died of esophageal cancer on the 18th of
August, 2012.
He left behind an investment bond of about $5Million with my bank before his
death. I have decided to contact you for the transfer of the above mentioned
amount into your account. which the bank now unquestionably expects to
be claimed
by any of his available foreign next of kin or be forfeited and transfers into
the banks treasury as unclaimed.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin
to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody
applies for it as next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines. It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make business
with you and release the money to you as the beneficiary to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement. The transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement as it will strictly be a bank-to-bank transfer.
Hence our
desire to have you as our overseas partner.

As a matter of fact, I have just placed this funds in what we call
Nostro Vostro
account with no beneficiary. with my position as a management staff of
this bank,
I cannot acquire this money in my name. So my aim of contacting you is
to assist
me receive this money in your bank account and get 20% of the total funds as
remuneration for your involvement. This is why i am looking for a competent and
honest individual abroad into whose account the above stated sum will be
transferred into by telegraphic transfer [Bank-to-Bank transfer]. Hence i am
contacting you.

However, i wish to receive your personal assurance that you would not betray me
after the fund must have arrived your account. More importantly, you
are to keep
this transaction confidential, in order not to tarnish the confidence
reposed on
me and the officials involved in this transaction. Please note that this
transaction is 100% safe and risk free. Send me your sincere thoughts
about this
mail and fill your information as stated below, so that we can get started with
the transfer process.

1. Your full name:.
2. Country:.
3. Contact address:.
4. Telephone number:.
5. Occupation:.
6. Date of birth(Age):.
7. Sex
8. Bank Details:

The above information will enable us write letters of claim. This way
we will use
your name or company's name to apply for payments into your account.
Please note
that you will receive your payment via Swift Wire Transfer [Bank-To-Bank
Transfer] to your Account. I shall feed you with further modalities as
soon as I
hear from you.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through my
private and secured email address: frankowode404@yahoo.com

I await your urgent response.

Best regards,
Mr. Frank Owode
Account Manager
Fidelity Bank Plc
Lagos-Nigeria.

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