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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: "Rudy Eze" <rudyeze@virgilio.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: africontreview001@yahoo.co.in
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:14:21 +0100
Subject: Scadsa

Attn

In order to transfer out ( Thirty-Two Million Dollars) from our
Bank here in Abuja. I have the courage to look for a reliable and
Honest Person whom will be capable for this important business
Transaction,believing that you will never let me down either now or in
Future.

The owner of this account is mr Carlos M.Brown foreigner and
the
manager Of petrol chemical service here in Abuja,a chemical
engineer byProffession and he died since 1990.the account has no other
beneficiaryAnd my Investigation proved to me as well that his company
does not know Anything About this account and the amount involved is
(32,000,000.)Dollars.

I want to transfer this money into a safe
foreign account abroad but i
Don't know any foreigner,i know that this
message will come to you as a Surprise as we don't know our self
before,
but be sure that it is real A
Genuine business.

I believe in God that
you will never let me down in this investment.
Your full contact phone
and fax number and name will be necessary for this Effect.

You can
reply to my alternative email address rudyeze1@latinmail.com </ym/Compose?To=rudyeze1@latinmail.com&YY=16596&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>

I await
your response so as for us to proceed with the transaction.

Best
regards

Mr Rudy Eze
Auditor General
United Bank for Africa
Abuja.




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