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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: "Audu Garuba" <audugaruba@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:13:01 +0000
Subject: Union Bank Form

Hello ,

My names are Barrister Audu Garuba, Lawyer/Legal Director of Union Bank Plc,
Union House, Marina Street, Lagos Branch, Lagos Nigeria

I have received your CONTACT regarding the bank business as introduced to
you by Mr William Offor our bank Branch Account Manager.The Bank Deal will
take one to two weeks of completion with your urgent attention to
instructions from our bank

Pls, be informed that the business is a 100% riskfree Bank Deal only known
to me and Mr William Offor in our bank but a normal banking transactions to
other officials of our bank .As soon as the High Court authorises the
transfer of the fund to you, our bank Director of operations will instruct
our Affiliate Union Bank or Citibank in New York or in Holland to open an
ONLINE BANKING /OFFSHORE account for you to receive the fund and you will be
given the security Access code/Credit Cards to withdraw the money in the
authorised amount and pay into your bank account , this is because of the
huge amount of the fund to lessen the IRS taxes in USA/Europe

As the Lawyer and keeper of all WILLED FUND Deposit Deskeetts for our bank,
I will change to your name as the Next of Kin to late Jeffrey Landercasper
in the Deposit deskett of the fund and I will print out copy of the
Certificate for our Bank Director of Deposit Mr Martins Okin's signature in
your favour and as soon as the Director signs the Fund Placement Certificate
, I will email to your copy to you

Then, as soon as you return the Application Form, I will take it with the
Certificate to the High Court of Justice here FOR THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS OF
THE CLAIM IN YOUR FAVOUR to legitimise your claim of the fund and swear an
Affidavit of Legal Authorisation in your favour for our bank to transfer the
money to you from our Affiliate Citibank in New York, USA or in Europe

Above is the legal procedure and is for you to know that the transfer is
real from the legal process of the business and for you to know that you
will assist us with money for us to get all the necessary Documents in your
favour because the fund as a Willed money is a BONDED deposit that
deductions of any amount/fees is not allowed from it until is transferred
into your bank account as the Next of Kin to Engr Jeffrey Landercasper for
our sharing / joint partnership investments in USA as proposed
Pls my friend, let us not eat our words but keep our words to do our work
well for a good business, remember that business is done on trust and
successful business is very confidential.
Attached to this email is the official Application Form from our bank for
claim of funds
Pls DOWNLOAD ATTACHMENT TO PRINT OUT THE APPLICATION FORM CLEARLY and Fill
the Application Form with Engr Jeffrey Landercasper information below and
complete the Next of Kin space with your own information as required and
return by fax to our bank operations fax # 234 1 7594405 or email the Form
to audu_garuba01@yahoo.com for your claim of the money .
Note, your RELATIONSHIP WITH Engr Jeffrey Landercasper is BUSINESS PARTNER
NAME OF DEPOSITOR----------Engr JEFFREY LANDERCASPER

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN-------CANADAN
LAST OCCUPATION---------Contractor/Engr.
A/C# 001 000 800 1000 USD---------AMOUNT-----$25,500.000.00
ADDRESS IN NIGERIA--------# 13 LIVERPOOL ROAD, LAGOS CITY NIGERIA
DATE OF DEPOSIT---------6th of December 1998
My mobile phone # is 234 80323096369 and office is 234 80 35210637, you can
call me for advise if you have any problem when filling the Application Form

My mobile phone # is 234 80323096369 and office is 234 80 35210637 , you can
call me for advise if you have any problem when filling the Application Form
Waiting for your return of the Application Form for my follow up or your
information below to register the claim in your favour with our bank
operation Dept

Your full Name
Residential Address
Native Country
Occupation / Work
Age
Married or Not
Bank or ONLINE BANKING
Your Direct phone number


Best regards,
Barr. Audu Garuba
Bank Lawyer


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