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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: jameskuku2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:34:38 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONFIDENTIAL=5BFOR=20YOUR=20EYES=20ONLY=5D?=



FROM THE DESK OF
JAMES KUKU
THE BANK MANAGER,
UNION BANK PLC .

I WISH TO SOLICITE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST ME WITH A SOLUTION TO A
MONEY TRANSFER OF THIRTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR (US$35,OO0,000.00).MY NAME
IS
JAMES KUKU,THE BANK MANAGER UNION BANK PLC.I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS VIA
THE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE BUREAU OF MY COUNTRY,IN MY SEARCH
FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTED FOREIGN PARTNER FOR THIS BENEFICIAL BUSSINESS
DEAL.
A BUSSINESSMAN BY NAME (LATE JAY SANTOS),LEFT A CLOSING BALANCE OF (US$35,000,000.00),WITH
MY BANK BEFORE HIS DEATH IN THE RECENT BOMB EXPLOSION IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.WHICH
SAD EVENT TOOK PLACE ON THE 27TH OF JANUARY 2002. AFTER THE DEATH OF LATE
JAY SANTOS,I DISCOVERED AS I WAS GOING THROUGH HIS FILES,THAT HE PRESENTED
NOBODY AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO HIS FUND, IT WAS QUITE UNFORTUNATE THAT THE
EXPLOSION CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THE ENTIRE
FAMILIES, AS THERE WAS KNOW SURVIVOR. AFTER SERIOUS INVESTIGATIONS,I FOUND
OUT THAT THERE WAS NOBODY LEFT TO CLAIM THIS MONEY,AND IF THE MONEY IS KEPT
IN THE BANK FOR A SPECIFIC TIME,THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSWILLL PROCEED TO ABSORBE
IT INTO THE BANKS RESERVES ,IT WASCONSEQUENT TO THIS THAT I DECIDED TO CONTACT
YOU,TO FRONT YOURSELVES AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE MONEY,FOR THE IMMEDIATE
TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ALL NECCESSARY ARRANGEMENTS HAS BEEN
PUT IN PLACETO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION,I WILL USE MY POSITION
IN THE BANK TO EFFECT THE TRANSFER.THE NECCESSARY BACK UP DOCUMENT THAT
YOU WILL NEED FOR THE CLAIM WILL BE PUT IN PLACE AND FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRATE
QUARTERS AS SOON AS WE BEGIN THE TRANSACTION. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH
OF US,AS WE WILL LIVE TO BE HAPPY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION,
ALL I NEED IS YOUR MUTUAL SUPPORT,COMMITEMENT,CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST.I
HAVE RESOLVED TO COMPESATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH 30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT
REMMITED,WE SHALL KEEP 60% AND 10% FOR TAXES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
YOU ARE TO PROVIDE ME WITH A SAFE ACCOUNT WHERE THE FUNDS WILL BE
TRANSFERED,SECONDLY I WILL NEED YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER FOR EASY
COMMUNICATION.
I INTEND TO CONSUMATE THESE TRANSACTION WITHIN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE
TIME BASED ON YOUR CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT.CONTACT ME VIA
EMAIL[jameskuku2000@yahoo.com]

REGARDS.
JAMES KUKU




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