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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: "ben100@tiscali.es" <ben100@tiscali.es>
Reply-To: igeobi201@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:37:43 +0100
Subject: congratulation

Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise,since I am Barrister
Eso Ben contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below, which
will be of mutual benefit to us both.
PROPOSITION
A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the sum of US$21.2 Million
(Twntyone.two Million, United States Dollars)he named his wife Mrs. Helga
Videurre as the NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an Accredited Attorney
to the bank to sign and endorse documents to this deposit on Mr. Videurre?s
behalf.Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Videurre were killed in the January 14,
earthquake that rocked El Salvador ,killing thousands of people and 1200
others were declared missing. The bank management now mandates me (being
the lawyer that signed and endorsed the deposit papers for the deceased
to trace the family relatives of the deceased so that the fund will be released
to them. I was made to understand that they had no children.I made several
efforts through the El Salvador High Commission in Lagos to contact any
of the deceased family relatives, but to no avail.Failure to reach any of
the family relatives of the deceased , the only option left for the Bank?s
Management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the fund
on trading and investment in the interest of the bank.In order to avoid
this development since it has so farbeen impossible to trace any of the
deceased family relatives. I now seek your permission and assistance to
have you stand as a distant relatives to the deceased. So that the fund
can be released to you and we can use it for our mutual benefit. I hope
you do understand my concern in this matteris, that if we do not use this
opportunity to claim this fund , since the deceased relatives cannot be
traced,the management of the bank will declare the deceased?s account dormant
and revert the fund on Trading and Investment in the interest of the bank.For
your assistance, you will be compensated adequately with(40%) of the total
sum (55%) will be my own share while (5%) will be set aside to coverany
incidental expense made both at home and abroad prior to this transaction.If
you are interested in assisting me with this matter, please send to me urgently
via my EMAIL the following details below:
*Full name, Company or Private Address
*Telephone and Fax number(s).
Upon receiving the above details from you, I willwork out every documents/proof
representing you as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative and when this
is done, you will be contacted by the bank for the release and collection
of this fund, which willbe within one week of my receiving the above detailsfrom
you .I will meet with you in your country for disbursement after the fund
might have been released to you and also to discuss investment potentials
as I will like to invest in your country with your assistance.Be assured
that this transaction is 100% risk free,asI have taken care of all necessary
modalities to enable a hitch free transaction.Kindly ensure to treat this
matter in strict privacy(Highly Confidential).
yours sincerely
Barrister Eso Ben

MY PRIAVET Email ADDRESS ben_eso@yahoo.it







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