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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: "MR JAMES ISIOMA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesisioma84@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:36:27 -0700
Subject: NEXT OF KIN????

I am an Account Officer with Union Bank Plc ,My name is . James isioma, a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to (Engineer.Peter Paul) who was an
expertrate contractor with Oil servicing Firm here in  Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client,my client  passed on as a result of a heart
attack. Since then I have made several  inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended  Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several  unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace you over the Internet hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating
the money  left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly
the Union Bank Plc . Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($6 Million US Dollars) has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have
the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in  locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that
this account  valued at ($ 6 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you. The sharing  modality is till open and negociatable.All I require is your honest 
cooperation to enable us see this business through. I guarantee that  this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you, from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email and for more details regarding to this transaction.
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr. James Isioma.
Note: If for any reason why you did not wish to help to this effect, please kindly confide in me so that i can make another contact, because i can afford
to miss this inheritance.You also reach me via this email address :jamesisioma80@yahoo.com.hk

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