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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: jack moody <jack-mo@mbox.com.au>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:56:07 +0100
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT




From: Mr. Jack Moody
Allied Irish Bank
Registered Office,
4 Queen's Square,
Belfast BT1 3DJ.
EMAIL:jackmoody@worldemail.com


Sir;


PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you in regards to a

business transfer of a huge sum of

money from a deceased account.

Though I know that a transaction of

this magnitude will make any one

apprehensive and worried, but I am

assuring you that all will be well

at the end of the day. We decided

to contact you due to the urgency

of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

We discovered an abandoned sum of

US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million

Dollars) in an account that belongs

to one of our foreign customers who

died along with his entire family.

Since his death, none of his

next-of-kin or relations has come

forward to lay claims to this money

as the heir. We cannot release the

fund from his account unless

someone applies for claim as the

next-of-kin to the deceased as

indicated in our banking

guidelines. Upon this discovery, we

now seek your permission to have

you stand as a next of kin to the

deceased as all documentations will

be carefully worked out by us for

the funds (US$20,000,000.00) to be

released in your favour as the

beneficiary's next of kin.

It may interest you to note that we

have secured from the probate an

order of madamus to locate any of

deceased beneficiaries.Please

acknowledge receipt of this message

in acceptance of our mutual

business endeavour by furnishing me

with the following;

1. Beneficiary name and address.
2. Direct Telephone and fax

numbers.

These requirements will enable us

file a letter of claim to the

appropriate departments for

necessary approvals in your favour

before the transfer can be made. We

shall be compensating you with 2

Million Dollars on final conclusion

of this project, while the rest

shall be for us. Your share stays

with you while the rest shall be

for us for investment purposes.
If this proposal is acceptable by

you, do not take undue advantage of

the trust we have bestowed in you,

I await your urgent mail.

Please reply to

EMAIL;jackmoody@worldemail.com

Regards,
Mr. Jack Moody.









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