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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: "Boye Ogunmolade" <mrboyeoglade@o2.pl>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:21:29 -0700
Subject: Dear Good Friend


*Dear Good Friend,


First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and secret, though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and even
worried. But I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

l am Mr.Boye Ogunmolade Head, Inspection & Audit of FIDELITY BANK PLC, Lagos
Nigeria. I contact you with believe that you are reliably, discreetness and
have the ability to handle this confidential transaction, which involves
transferring of unclaimed fund to a foreign account requiring maximum
confidence.

The PROPOSITION

A Bristol late Mr. Mike & Carol Hall, an oil merchant and construction
engineer with the Nigeria National petroleum corporation NNPC), until their
death last fours ago in Patong-Thailand Tsunami disaster of 26th of December
2004, Deposited with us at FIDELITY BANK PLC in Lagos, US$ 10.5M,(Ten
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only), The Bank now
expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Serious efforts are being made by
FIDELITY BANK PLC to get in touch with any of Mike hall's family or
relatives but to no avail. Please check this website :( **
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm>
*}
There is a perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of late
Mike Hall's next of kin (he had no children known to us.) The management
under the influence of our chairman and members of the Board of Directors
has made arrangement for the fund to be declared "Unclaimed" and
subsequently transfer into their personal account.

ln order to avert this negative development, I, now seek your permission to
have you stand as next of kin to Late Mike Hall's, so that the fund US$
10.5Million will be released and paid to your account as beneficiary or next
of kin. All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund will be
carefully worked out. We have secured from the probate an order of mandamus
to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. I have agreed to give you 50%
of the fund for your involvement; then 50% will be me. I am assuring you
that this business is 100% risk free, and need only maturity from all the
parties involved. As soon as we receive acknowledgement of your acceptance
of this our mutual business proposal with your full information, we would
proceed into action immediately.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do take advantage of the trust we
have bestowed on you, get in touch with me immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Boye Ogunmolade .
*

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