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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: "I A" <iaprivate60@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: iaprivate@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:05:10 +0000
Subject: Compliments of season

Dear Beloved,

Compliments of season to you and It is with a heart full of hope that i
write,soliciting for your strict confidence in this transaction.This is by
virture of it's nature as being confidential and top secert. For i seek your
ability and reliability to excute this transaction of great magnitude.
 
I am Idris Abubark .I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and
profitable business proposal, this may come to you as aSuprise as we have
not meet before, but i can trust a man of your caliber. The intended
business is thus, I am the Personal lAWYER to Mr. BURKE SEAN a Foreigner
resident here in Nigeria, he was theMANAGING DIRECTOR with the BEAGON OIL
PlC.who perished in a plane crash [Korean AirFlight 801] with the whole
passengers aboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view this
website .
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list.
 
unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since
then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
 
After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence
I contacted you.I have to besincere and honest with you, i contacted you to
assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by my late client
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by CHECKPOINT SECURITY
COMPANY where this huge deposits were lodged Particularly, the CHECKPOINT
SECURITY COMPANY where thedeceased had an account valued at about(USD 35
million dollars).Conseqently, The CHECKPOINT SECURITY COMPANY issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated .
 
Since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 4 years
now, pls I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are a Foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account
valued at (USD35 million dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money.60% to me and 40% to you.I know that you may not relate to
my late client but i contact you on this transaction based on a trust, it
will be very easy to convince the SECURITY COMPANY since i have the
necessary documents to backup the claim. I have all necessary legal
documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require
is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
 
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. As soon as you agree to
co-operate with me, i will meet with the officials of the CHECKPOINT
SECURITY COMPANY and present your information as the next of kin to my late
client together with some relevent documents,they will just go ahead and pay
the money into your account and i will come over to your country for the
sharing of the fund. Kindly send me e-mail signifying your decision
including your:
1). FULL NAMES
2). COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS
3). CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
4). FAX NUMBER (optional)
5).OCCUPATION
6). AGE
7). Sex
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Idris Abubark.
NB: please only response to this mail if you are interested with the following information needed.

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