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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR JERRY PHILLIP" <jerry.phillip@fsmail.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrjephills6@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:57:09 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP FOR CLAIM

Mr. Jerry Phillip
Union bank Nigeria Plc,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Please reply to:mrjephills6@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Sir,
I am Mr,Jerry Phillip Bank Manager of Union bank Nigeria Plc, Lagos
Nigeria. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

On August 6,1999, a Foreign Oil Consultant/contractor with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Adams Smith made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty Five Million United States Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity,
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Adams Smith
died in a plane crash. On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore! made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Adams Smith
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$25,000,000.00
has carefully been moved out of my bank to a security
company for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody

applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like
you as a Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money I deposited it
in a security company in two trunk boxes though the security company does
not know the contents of the boxes as
i tagged them to be photographic materials for export. I am writing you

because I as a public servant I cannot operate a foreign account or
have an account that is more than $1m. I want to prese! nt you as the owner
of the boxes in the security company so you can be able to claim them with
the help of my attorney.
All these are to make sure that the fruits of this old man's labor will
not
get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your full names
and address so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents,
which will put you in place as the owner of the boxes. The money will be

shared in the ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you and 5% will take care
of all expenses. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the Attorney and this will guarantee
the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my private email
address, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant! documents
that will help you understand the transaction.


Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall

require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my private email to indicate your
interest.


Thanks and regards.

MR JERRY PHILLIP






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