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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: james_mbeku@handbag.com
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:51:55 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear friend,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Mr.James Mbeku, and work with Anglo Irish Bank (one of the Irish leading
banks in the Ireland). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the
past 8 years which belong to an American national who is now late Mr Morris
Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
More details about the deceased himself,you can check on
(http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html)

When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation
and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late person
is aware of this account. This is the story in a nutshell.

Now I want an overseas account where the bank will transfer this funds.Thereafter,I
had planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a careful
network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure
a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much at the moment and plus
all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$10.1
Million US dollars).

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible on this private mailbox
address(jamesmbeku@netscape.net) is more comfortable and secure for our
discaustion

Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information as contained herein
be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project send a mail
for confirmation. I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive
my message.

Respectfully yours,

Mr.James Mbeku


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