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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: richard mboh <richard_mboh2001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:01:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: REPLY IMMEDIATELY


DEAR FRIEND
 
WITH DUE HONOUR AND RESPECT,I AM MR RICHARD MBOH,THE AUDIT MANAGER OF FINANCIAL BANK BENIN WEST AFRICA. I GOT YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS THROUGH WEB SITE RESEARCH WITH BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS.AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK-FREE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
 
THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPEN IN THIS BANK IN 1987 AND SINCE 1998 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT WILL FORFEITED FOR NOTHING. THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT MR. PAUL BALLEY .A OREIGNER AND THE MANAGER OF PETROL CHEMICAL SERVICE.AND HE DIED SINCE 1995.BECAUSE OF HIGH BLOOD PREASURE AND SINCE HE DIED NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS U.S.$22.MILLION US DOLLARS(TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO ANY LOCAL BANK HERE BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY
IS U.S DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR PAUL BALLEY AND HE WAS A FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OUR SELF BEFORE,BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS AND ALSO 100% RISK-FREE BUSINESS TRANSACTION. MEANWHILE ALL THE WHOLE INFORMATION TO PUT CLAIM OVER THIS MR PAUL BALLEY ACCOUNT AS NEXT OF KIN WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME TO PUT CLAIM TO THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.
 
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION SECRET SO THAT WE CAN PUT CLAIM TO THIS ACCOUNT. SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY.AS SOON AS THE BANK RELEASE AND TRANSFER THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT I WILL COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING AND OTHER INVESTMENT. I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION.YOU WILL GIVEN 30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT WHILE 5%WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CREE OF EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO TELEPHONE BILLS. WHILE 65% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.PLEASE DON'T DELAY IN THIS TRANSACTION SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT CLAIM TO THIS ACCOUNT.
 
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
 
BEST REGARDS,
MR.RICHARD MBOH.

 


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