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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: Kimo Deckson <dkimo@email.ro>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:53:54 +0300
Subject: God bless you.



NO 200 CHURCH STREET
MONTAGU _WESTERN CAPE

RIVER STATE

P.O B 1334

MY DEAR

GREETINGS TO YOU

{THIS IS A VERY URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION!!}


I MR DECKSON KIMO THE GOVERNOR OF CROSS RIVER STATE AN IN-LAW TO MR ATIKU ABUH
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF SAUTH AFRICA.
LOOKING FOR A GOOD PLACE TO BUILD AN OIL REFINERY IN YOUR COUNTRY LOOK FOR A
LAND AND LET ME KNOW AFTER MAKING INQUIRY ON WHAT THE LAND WILL COST.
THESE BUSINESS IS BETWEEN THREE PARTIES YOU,I AND MY IN-LAW VICE PRESIDENT,FOR
SAFETY DON'T LET ANY BODY KNOW ABOUT THIS BUSINESS WHAT I MEAN IS THAT KNOW
BODY WILL KNOW THAT THE LAND IS FOR OIL REFINERY.

ABOUT THE CONTRACT YOU WILL HANDLE IT TILL THE END.

MY IN-LAW BROUGHT OUT (150 MILLION U.S DOLLARS)


FOR THE PROJECT THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE TRANSFER STEP BY STEP AS WISHES.
(1)WHEN YOU GET THE LAND AND SEND THE INFORMATION TO ME, AND THE AMOUNT THEN I
WILL SEND THE FIRST MONEY.
(2)THE COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT THE FACTORY AND THE COST
(3)THE OTHER LAST WILL BE IN YOUR ACCOUNT FOR OTHER EXPENSES AND TWO MONTHS
SALARY FOR ALL THE STAFF.

I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE TO EFFECT LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD
TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FORMS OF THE
MINISTRIES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENTS.


AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS YOU WILL BE GIVEN 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY
AND 75% WILL BE FOR MY VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE FACTORY WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR
EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE INCURED DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERING.
ABOVE AND KINDLY PROVIDE YOUR {PHONE, FAX NUMBER AND ALSO YOU OPPEN A NEW
ACCOUNT NUMBER AND SEND THE INFORMATION AND YOUR ADDRESS} FOR EASY. UPON YOUR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS PROPOSAL, I WILL FORWARDS TO YOU THE DETAILED PROCEDURE
FOR THE TRANSACTION, HENCE THE WHOLE APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSFER WILL BE
OFFICIAL AND LEGALLY PROCESSED.


I AM LOOKING FORWARDS TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESSES

REMAIN BLESSED THANKS

BEST REGARDS

DECKSON

KIMO




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