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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: "allan daramy" <allandaramy14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerusman1@walla.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:54:11 -0500
Subject: CAN YOU BE HONEST TO TRAVEL.

BARRISTER USMAN BELLO CHAMBERS
SUITE A 205 2ND FLOOR SHOPPING PLAZA,
IKEJA, LAGOS-NIGERIA.
PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE
Email: mrbello_chamber1998@hotmail.com

Attention: Please,
With much sincerity of purpose we make this contact with you after
satisfactory information we gathered from the International Trade office of
the Liberian Chamber of Commerce here in Liberian though we did not disclose
the nature of the transaction to them, believing that you will provide us a
feasible solution to job /services.

My name is Barrister Usman Bello (Esq.).I am the Family Secretary/legal
adviser to the former President Charles Taylor before he was forced out of
power and sent into exile in Nigeria. The family has huge sums of money
about Seventy Five Million United States Dollars ($75M) safely deposited
with a security Company in Europe.


President Taylor wants to invest the money but want me to look for a trusted
and honest person who can invest this money on his family's behalf as proxy.
I have chosen you because of your track record as a honest person. You will
be paid Management/Trusteeship fees of 30% of the total sum for managing and
investing the funds as proxy on behalf of the family.

You will be required to travel to Europe to claim the funds, I will issue
you a letter of Power of Attorney and the certificates of Deposit to enable
you take delivery of the funds from the security company in Europe.

Please tell me in confidence, can you handle it? Can you invest this huge
amount of money successfully? Have you ever handle such huge amount of money
before? How old are you? Please advise most urgently.

I look forward to your response.
Regards,
PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR.

MY EMAIL ADDRESS: mrbello_chamber1998@hotmail.com
+234-803-8224520.


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