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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: chiomoh@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 14:25:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY?=

DR STAN momoh
DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATION,
UNION BANK OF NIG. PLC,
MARINA-LAGOS,
NIGERIA.

I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR COOPERATION TO PRESENT YOU TO MY BANK AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO MR RICHARD PETERSON, A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL
PETROLEUM COOPERATION (NNPC): SO THAT THE SUM OF US$26,850,450.68MILLION
WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
WITH UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF UNION BANK OF NIG.PLC, MANDATED ME TO LOOK
FOR ANY KNOWN RELATION OF MR RICHARD
PETERSON,

SINCE, AFTER HIS DEATH 5/1/03, HOWEVER ALL MY EFFORTS TRACES ABORTIVE,

THAT IS THE MAIN REASON I AM WRITING YOU THIS TO ASK FOR YOUR
COOPEARATION FOR US TO CLAIM
THIS MONEY, SINCE YOU ARE A FOREIGNER.

I ONLY HAVE TO APPROVE YOU, THIS FUND WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE
BENEFICIARY .WE ARE TO SHARE THIS MONEY BETWEEN OURSELVES (I AND YOU)
IF YOU ARE REALY INTERESTED IN THIS OFFER YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME THROUGH
THIS E-MAIL:
stanchi200@yahoo.com
FOR DETAIL OF THIS TRANSACTION AND PRECEDURE.
PLS DO FORWARD ME YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE AND FAX NUMBER, YOUR COMPANY
NAME OR OCCUPATION THESE INFO ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION.


NOTE THAT THIS IS RISK FREE BUSINESS,

THIS TRANSACTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY THERE IS INTEREST FROM YOU.


YOURS TRULY,


DR STAN momoh



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