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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: said_ahmed@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:54:54 +0400
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20Understanding=20Is=20Urgently=20Required?=


Bond Financial Services,
Ruwi - Muscat,
Oman.

Attn: Sir,

I am Said Abusafi Ahmed, Branch Manager with Bond
Financial Services, Ruwi - Muscat, Oman.

I have a very profitable business proposition for
you which should be handled with Extreme confidence
and trust. On January 6, 1998 a foreign consultant
and contractor with the Oman Water Corporation,
Steven Golberg by name, made a numbered time fixed
deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$12.5m
(Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars only) in my branch.

Upon maturity, i sent a routine notification in
accordance with the bank policy to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month we sent a
reminder and finally i discovered from his contract
employers, Oman Water Corporation that Steven Golberg
died from an automobile accident.

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
investigations and discovered that Steven Golberg 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$12.5m has been carefully moved out of
my bank to a financial security company for safekeeping.

No one will ever come forward to claim it and according
to the law of my country, at the expiration of 8 years
the money will revert to the ownership of the Royal
Palace (Government) if nobody applies to claim the fund.

This prompted us to contact you. We want to front you as
the next of kin of our late client thereby making you the
legal beneficiary of the sum of $12.5 million U.S Dollars
that is presently in a financial security company.

We have unanimously agreed that 15% of the entire sum
would be for you if you agree to take part in this
profitable transaction, 75% for me and my partner while
the remaining 10% would be used to pay back the expenses
that may be incurred during the course of the transaction
by both parties after the fund has been claimed and lodged
in your account.

In the event that you are genuinely interested in this
transaction, Please reply immediately to my private address:
samed@web-mail.com.ar for security reasons. The
transaction is 100% legal and totally free of risks as all
modalities have been perfected to ensure the hitch free
success of the transaction.

I await your response urgently.

Regards,
Said Abusafi Ahmed.







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