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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: "Kenneth Malo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kentho101@maktoob.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:38:45 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT

Dear Sir,

It is with heart full of hope and joy that I write to bring you a business proposal hoping that you will be capable of handling it.

I am Mr. Kenneth Malo,from Bayelsa State in Nigeria, I am a 53yr old man with four children, working with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power here in Nigeria.

My cousin, who is a king in one of the oil kingdoms here in Nigeria, mandated me to look for a very capable, reliable and trustworthy foreigner whom he will use as a front in most of his business deals here in Nigeria and also who can be able to retire most cash outside the country on investments. Because of my people's belief on western world, I am sure that the king will give you business that will not be less than $50M USD because the king is very rich, influential and has a lot of business opportunities in his oil rich kingdom.

If you are interested, I will give you more details on how it is going to be carried out. let me also have your telephone number,address and age for more explanations.Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation and understanding.

Regards

Kenneth Malo



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