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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: b_ishaya@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 05:39:46 -0700
Subject: PLEASE CAN YOU HELP???

Dear Sir/Madam,

With a deep sense of honesty and having regards for relationship, i want
to

crave your indulgence and assistance.

I am Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi(Rtd). I was the minister for National Drug Law
&

Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) in the military regim of the late Gen. Sani

Abacha, which ended on June 8th, 1998 in Nigeria

If you are very current with CNN & BBC you must have heard that the

swizbank has promised to refund all the monies deposited into the bank by
all

Nigeria's former military chiefs, of which i am one. My luck is that i have
a close

confidant in the bank who allerted me about the move before the announcement


was made in February, 2005.

With this information, i had to hurriedly move my funds which amounts to


$28,600,000(Twenty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand) that i had with
the

bank out immediately through a diplomatic mean. This is to ensure the safety
of

the fund.

But when the Nigeria government heard that i have moved my money out of


Swizbank, they invited me for questioning and interrogation and i told them
that i

do not know anything about the funds. But then my international documents


were siezed to stop me from travelling out to effect the transfer of the
money

into an account oversea.

And since they are still investigating the matter, i need a genuine and
honest

person who can represent me and clear the money on my behalf and we share


the money in the % that we shall both agree upon. If are interested, i will
want

this transaction done and completed within the shortest posible time.

I know that this might be difficult for you to believe since there are alot
of scam

mails out there. well, i must tell you that this one is real and true. you
can ask

questions about the news and if you honestly are interested, i will provide
you

with the necessary documents to the money and the company in possesion of


the money right now. But that will be after we have entered into an agreement


on the modalities of the Memorandum Of Understanding(MOU). I want you to


give this a trial and if you see it is not real, then you can back out.

Awaiting your response as soon as posible.

Regards.

Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi(Rtd).

Please, SEND YOUR RESPY TO: b_ishaya@excite.com



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