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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: "Ms.Angela aneke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.angelaaneke1online@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:15:03 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

Good Day Dear,

I am Ms. Angela Aneke working in Banque Atlantique Ivory Coast.I have a business proposal which will be of mutual benefit to both of us.I know you will be surprise because we have not met before. I found your profile and email through a comprehensive web email search on directory.

I am making this proposal because you have same last name with our deceased customer and he is from your country. This bonafide customer is an investor and he died on Tuesday 16th August 2005 in a plane crash at Venezuela. He left behind his portfolio worth 24 millions Pounds and it has not been touched because no next-of-kin was found in his bio-data form.

If you are familiar with investment and banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity with some levels of detachment from conventional proccesses, as they operates their accounts with numbers, pin and codes for the avoidance of scrutiny because they follow their investment with portfolio monitoring tools to track their account's profits and losses. So when they die their investment die with them as mostly their families knows nothing about the investment.

Now this investment of our deceased customer has generated a huge accrued interest to an amount of 1.9 Million British Pounds because he was operating a domiciliary pounds account, so a total amount of 25.9 million pounds has been in our custody.

There are laws which must be maintain by every banking system/institution in this country. It was stipulated by government of this country that every unclaimed fund will be reverted into government pocket after a period of ten years or maximum of fifteen years. My branch has been served a notice on this effect and it is my duty as the deceased account manager to declare the account open for confiscation or otherwise. I am a young lady, i have served this bank for some years and has plans for my unborn children, it will be so regretful to allow government impound the fund.

I want bank to move the fund to your account if this matches your interest.I want to present you to our branch as the deceased relative or busniess partner so that bank can release the fund to you as the deceased relative.

Indicate your interest by providing your names, address, age, occupation and telephone contact. I am waiting for your prompt respond for more details about this fund.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely,

Ms Angela Aneke

Accounting/Finance Department BA-CI
Address: 01 Bp 3698 Abidjan 01
Ivory Coast.

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