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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: marryagbe@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:45:22 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear=20Friend=2C?=

Dear Friend,

Please, treat this mail as urgent and important.

I am Mrs Mary Jerry Agbeyegbe. I am the wife to the late Mr. Jerry
Agbeyegbe who was the Executive director of the Nigerian Aviation safetly

initiative.

I am contacting you under a bereaved condition, I hope that you will
treat this mail with special concern and reply immediately as the need is

very urgent. My husband was murdered in the wee hours of Tuesday
October 12, 2004 at the Alapere end of the Oworonsoki/Third Mainland Bridge,

Lagos. You can read the following journals concerning my husband's
death.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/f214102004.html
http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?fArticleId=4912
http://allafrica.com/stories/200412071268.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200410140824.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200410140362.html
http://www.odili.net/news/source/2004/oct/14/301.html

He was buried on Friday the 3rd of December 2004.
I have a different problem now, apart from my husband's death. The
future of my children and I, are in serious danger, base on circumstances

around the family in relation with the tradiction of my husband's home
town. We are from Aja Ojobo, Ekurede Itsekiri, Warri of Delta state of

Nigeria. The tradition of this part of Nigeria, have it that once a man

dies, the family members, are entitled to all his assets, including
the wife and kids. This very ackward tradition, has caused alot of
problems between widows, their children and the husband's family.

I am married to a family of high intergrities and respected men in this

society, who I can not face physically in terms of problems over their
late brother's assets. I am civilized woman, I will not allow a rubish
tradition to rubish our future.

Seven days after my husband's burial, I was called before the whole
family to submit documents of my husband, including his bank accounts to

the family base on this babaric tradition.

Base on my late husband good intension for his children, I secured one
thing which will sustain us in life. My late husband made a wise
provission to make sure that in case of death, I and the kids will not face

the babaric effect of the useless tradition. My husband made a deposit

of us$45million with a finance firm in Europe. Like he used to tell me
when he was alife, He told me times without number that death is
inevitable, if he is no more for us, that i must make sure i protect his
kids
from any failure to bring them up in the normal way both educationally
and otherwise. He adviced me to make sure I do not let his brothers get

to this dopsit in his absence. He instructed me to seek for a good
foriegner, that will assist me secure the money and assist us move away

from this country build up a new life. He charged himself while he was
alife that our children must have the best of educations in life.

My husband made money while he was alife and our kids should not suffer

in the hands of the family for tradition sake. It is only for this
reason that he made this secret offshore deposit outside his family
knowledge.

Already, my late husband kept the documents of this deposit in the
custody of our lawyer friend in Benin. So there is no way the family will

get to know this. Please base on the sensetivity of this matter, I will

please plead you to keep this as a top secret. The air they said, has
ears. We may not know who is by the side.

What I need from you is your full consent to present you to the
financial firm as the beneficiary to the deposit. In this way, the finance

firm will transact with you directly as the beneficiary release the
deposit to you. Once you retrieve the fund, you will Keep the money with
you
until we arrenge for our coming over to meet you there in your country.

When we come over, we will look for a lucrative business to invest the
money.

Every other arrengments concerning this, will be after you reply to
this mail, give me your full contact detail and phone number, and private

email where the need be.

I will gladly offer you a good percentage of the money for your kind
assistance.

Note that your immediate reply is needed so that i will not look for
another person.

Thank you while I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Mrs. Mary Agbeyegbe

please you may reply with this email msmarry3@yahoo.com







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