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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: rosemarynelson@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:11:36 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ASSISTANCE=20NEEDED=20FROM=20YOU?=

Dear friend

My name is Dr rose wilson of credit and foreign
bills of Ecobank Plc.I am writing in respect of a
foreign customer of my bank with account
number14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash
Korean Air Flight 801 with the whole passengers aboard
on August 6, 1997.

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally
has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin
but all has proved abortive as none has come to claim
his funds of USD $6,200,000.00.Which has been with my
branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up
to be the next of kin.

And the banking ethics here does not allow such money
to stay more than five years, because money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this
period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade
journal after realizing that your name and country is
similar to the
deceased.

I will give you 30% of the total.Upon the receipt of
your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the
application, bank's fax number and the next step to
take.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is hitch free and that you should not
entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer
can be finalized within five banking days, after you
apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter.Kindly send me an e-mail
signifying your interest including your private
Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.
PLEASE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Yours faithfully.

Dr rose wilson
email;info_ecobank05@yahoo.com
+234 803- 5905745



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