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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: "jude bello" <jbello_03@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:15:33 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS ! ! !

Dearest One,

I am Jude Bello the only son of late Edmond Bello the managing Director of
APEN petroleum company in Cotonu capital city of Benin I must confess my
agitation is real,and my words is my bond,in this proposal.

My late father was a petroleum marchant and because of his sucess in this
field also because his wealth, his business associate in the field was very
envy and family friend also was against him.
After the death of my mother when she was giving birth in 1985,when i was
two years old(2yrs) because these my father has a great love for me.As his
only son and confides a lot in me because he know that a day will come when
i have to manage his vast wealth but the relationship painfuly did not last.

This is a story that seems like a fiction to me but today i am facing the
reality of being an orphan who is also being hunted by men of wicked
principles, hence tragidy does not alter fact but fact remains when other
hopes has being shatterd.

On the year two thousand and four(2004) after my father came back from a
meeting he was complainig of stomach upset he was rushed to the hospital
along the line the doctor comfirmed that he was poisend,he died two days
later but before his last breath he disclosed to me an amount seven million
two hundred dollars($7.2 million) he deposited with a bank here in Benin.
It is on this note that I am contacting you.All I needed from you is to
furnish me with your contact particulars:

telephone and fax number

For you to assist me transfer this money in your private bank account,the
said amount is (SEVEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS) $7.2 Million.
As soon as you funish me with all this informations, i,ll submith it to the
bank and they will acknowlege you immidiately.incase of any urgent question
please don't fail to call on my phone for urgency and my number is
00229-97138231.

My late father edmond Bello gave me the photocopies of the certificate of
deposit issued to him by the (BANK) on the date of deposit,for you to be
clarified because,I do not expose my self to anybody I see, I believe that
you are able to keep this transaction your self and for me because this
money is the hope of my life,it is important.

Please reply me immediately after you must have gone through my message fill
free and make it urgent.That is the reason why I offered you 20 % of the
total amount.

N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment
opportunities which is risk free and which I can invest with this money when
it is transferred to your account,personally I am interested in estate
management and hotel business,please advise me.
Reply me back immediately you receive this message for more explanation and
promisse me that you will accept me as your own son considering my
situationan and not to betray me and also accept me to belong to your family
becuase i want to have a family.
presently i,m working hard to see if i can round up my educational carrier
here.Iam studying electrical and electronics engineering in one of the
University here.

NB: my late father used me the only son as the beneficiary / next of kin on
the day of deposit and also told me to look for a foreign assistant or a
foreigner with a legitimate bank Account abroad who will stand as
co-beneficiary and partner abroad.

So i,m not stating that you should come up as the next of kin rather other
than to accept the money safely in your account.you can as well tell the
bank that my father,Edmond miller is your buissness partner and has handed
over Kingsley his only son to you, that is why you want the deposited money
to be transfered into your account.you don't have o be afriad becuase this
money is mine all i need from you is to stand my father business partner and
that you are the one taking care of me so that the bank can have this fund
transfered into your account becuase i will soon finish my education here
and will want to join you over in your country and have a family once again.

Thank you for your utmost help and understanding as GOD will grant you
abondant blessings as you come up to be of help to an orphan like me.as we
proceed i,ll send you my pictures the picture of my fathers buria ceremony
and a picture with his business associates. inwhich you will take a look at.

Thanks and God bless,
yours sincerely,
Jude Bello.

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