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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: Henry Ventures <henry_ventures102@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: henryventures300@walla.com
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:50:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR INVESTMENT


ATTN:
RE: TRANSFER OF ($48.700,000.00USD) FORTY EIGHT POINT SEVEN
MILLION
DOLLARS.
I want to transfer to overseas $48.700,000.00USD
forty eight pointseven
million United States Dollars from UBA PLC,
Ogui
branch in Nigeria, I am
seeking for a reliable and honest person
who
will be capable and fit to
provide either an existing bank
account or
set up a new Bank account
immediately to receive this
fund, even an
empty account can serve this
purpose,or you help to
seek an honest and
reliable businessman who can
assist us.
I am MR
HENRY VENTURES, An
accountant and bankmanager, During
the course of
our auditing I
discovered a floating fund in adomiciliary
account
opened in the bank
in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this
account, After
going through some old files in the records I
discovered
that the
owner of the account who is a foreigner died
without any traceable
next of kin hence the dormant nature of the
account and if I do not
remit
this money out urgently it will be re-
channeled into the bank's
reserve.
I suggest we start the first
transfer with twenty million
Dollars [$20,000.000] And upon the
successful transfer of the first
$20million without hitches or
disappointment from you, I shall re-apply
for the remittance of the
balance of the fund to your nominated
account. I am
only contacting
you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved for
a local
account here and I am not supposed to
be in possession of such
amount
of dollars, but the fund can only be
approved to any foreigner or
into
a foreign account. I suggest we meet
face to face to get
acquainted, as
the fund in question is alarge one
before we commence
with transfer.
I need your full co-operation to
make this work fine,
As i will use my office to
see that the
transaction is hitch free and
I will destroy all documents
relating
the transaction once we
conclude the transaction.
On the conclusion of
this business, ! You
will be given 15% of the total amount, 80% will be
for me,while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have ncurred
during
the
process of this transaction. I look forward to your
earliest reply
through my personal email:henryventures300@walla.com
Best regards,
MR. HENRY VENTURES


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