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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.PeterSide Atedo" <angie@ggs.ch>
Reply-To: petsideatedo@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 16:28:14 -0700
Subject: From The Desk Of PeterSide Atedo



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From The Desk Of PeterSide Atedo
Standard Trust Bank Plc
Lagos Nigeria.

Good Day Friend,

I am Mr.PeterSide Atedo Branch Manager with STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
LAGOS
NIGERIA,I discovered an abandoned sum of ($16.311 million u.s. dollars)
in
an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers,a contractor
with
an Oil Development company in Nigeria (NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLUEM
CORPORATION),and,who here-in after shall be referred to as my client,on
the
Sunday, 2
February,2003,18:50 GMT my client,and his family were involved in Ikeja
bomb blast unfortunately they lost their lives in the process of the
bomb
blast.

I cease this medium to make it known to you that since then , I have
made
several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended
Relatives, this is also proved unsuccessful,hence my contact with you, I
have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable
by the Bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly with the
Standard Trust Bank Plc,where the deceased had an account valued at
about
(USD$16,311 Million United States Dollars).The bank issued me a notice
to
provide the Next Of Kin or have his deposit with them confiscated within
the next Ten official working days.

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some
years now,i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased to have the account confiscated within the next Ten(10)official
working days.The reason for contacting you is because you are a
foreigner
and can act in the capacity of the next of kin to my deceased client,and
as
such will enable a change of ownership through the bank,so that the
proceeds of this account valued at (USD$16,311 Million United States
Dollars),can be paid into your account as the heir of the fund since no
one
came for it,then you and I will share the money in this ratio 50% to
me,35%
to you and 10%for any charity organization in your country,while 5% will
be
set aside for unforeseen bottlenecks we might incurred during the course
of
this transaction.

For clarity,this transaction is 100% risk free and you have nothing to
worry about as all necessary machineries will putted in place to make
sure
this funds is paid to you as the legitimate beneficiary to it.To
commence
this transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your interest by
a
return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number and fax
number
full, name and address to enable me file letter of claim to the
appropriate
departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because
of
its nature. For confirmation of this transaction please refer to these
sites:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.

Please do reply to my private email:(petsideatedo@hotmail.com)

I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
Mr.PeterSide Atedo.

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