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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: justicefirm2005@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:59:18 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20I=20NEED=20YOUR=20URGENT=20RESPONSE?=

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the new week, My name is MISS. STELLA ADAMS
Iam the Manager of Wema Bank Plc, I am 35 yrs
old woman, I have occupied this position for the past
5yrs.The reason I contacted you is thus: in my bank, we
have a customer who based here in Nigeria with his entire
family, he has been banking with our bank for the past 9yrs,
he is an oil Exporter with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation [NNPC].

Suddenly he was driving home with his wife and two kids,
their car ran into a Trailer load of wood at Lagos-Ibadan
Express high way, their car got burnt that no soul survived
in the accident, he died with his entire family,
their bodies was buried at Lagos State Cemetery on
the 18th of August 2003, his pictures was advertised all
over the TV Stations.

Sir, this our customer deposited US$Thirty million
American Dollars with our bank, and since his death, our
officials has tried their possible means of reaching his
family members or his distant relatives to come and
claim his money, but their relations and family members are
no were to be found, our bank officials has sent a massage
to his Embassy to help us locate any of his family members
to come and claim his money from our bank but
till date, his Ambassador where not able to locate his
family members.

Right now our bank has mandated that by the end of this
year, if none of his family members or his relatives come
for the claiming of his funds, the bank will be
trading/importing Goods from his account, which means our
bank will be using his money for turnover.
Sir, the reason I contacted you is thus: I want you to
assist me receive this money into your account abroad, I
only want you to stand as the far distant relative to our
late customer, on this note, you will only write an
application letter to our bank requesting the funds to be
wired into your account as the next of Kin to our late
Customer who died in Auto Accident.

Sir, I have all the documents to back-you claim this money
from my bank, and as an insider who work with the bank, I
will supply you every information's which my bank will
required from you which will prove you the relation of our
late customer, every documents related to his Account
are with me, i have all the deposite certificate which i
will send to you because my Bank will request it from you
before they will wire the funds into your account, as soon
as the funds are wired into your account, i will give you
35% for assistance me while 60% is for me while 5% is map
out for any expensis. you will be the one to provide
account which will use to transfer the funds into your
account.

I will send you some proves when you indicated your
interest to this project, kindly reach me on my private,mail :
stella_adams@walla.com.I wait your urgent response, pls forward your telephone
and fax number to me. for easy communications.

Remain Blessed.
MISS STELLA ADAMS
Manager Wema Bank Plc.




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