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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: "david obori" <david_obori1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dav602001@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:36:55 +0100
Subject: ATTN: SLOAN

Dear Sloan,
 
   Do excuse me if this mail comes to you as an inconviniency as I am only
pressed as a matter of urgency to have contacted you through this means.
 
   I am  David Obori, The Head of Operations WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us.In my Bank we discovered an abandoned sum of $12.5m.usd in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.Morris,an American who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31-2000, including his wife and only daughter.
 
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatves to come over and claim his money because the Bank cannot release the funds unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
 
Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and two other officials in this department now decided to do business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to be confiscated by the bank or to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.Bear in mind that the management of the bank is ready to welcome anybody preferably a foreigner who has the correct information of the account which I will give you immediately, if you indicate your sincere willingness to handle this project with me.
 
 We agreed that The ratio at which this fund will be shared is that 60% will be for me and my colleagues, 35% to you while the remaining 5% has been set aside for every expenses that will be incured in the course of this transaction.I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above once this money gets into your account as i also wish to invest into a viable area in your country with my own share of the money which i will be looking forward to your advice in this area. Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in this transaction.
 
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail whether or not you are willing to enter into this deal. In the event you are not interested, I sincerely ask that you disregard this email and tell no one about it.I am very careful on truncating my banking career should you mention this to someone else. I hope you can be trusted in this regard.Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you has been finalised. We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response.
 
Please in your response include the following information.
{1}Your full name and address
{2}Your telephone number and fax number
 
Best regards

David Obori.


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