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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: ekene kalu <ekeneee1@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:55:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REGARDS



Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr.Ekene kalu, Branch Manager of Citizen bank of nig plc,22a nnamdi azikiwe street lagos. I have urgent and very
confidential business proposition
for you.A British Oil consultant/contractor with the Singapore Solid
Minerals Corporation, {Mr.Wilson H. Diamond}
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued
at US$10,750,000.00 (Ten Million,
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity,
I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Singapore Solid
Minerals Corporation that Mr.Wilson H. Diamond died in a plane crash
along with his wife, Mr and Mrs Wilson &
Sarah Diamond in 2000 air crash. Since we got this information about
his death. On further investigation, I found
out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Diamond
did not declare any kin or relations in all
his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work in my
Bank. This sum of US$11,750,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one
will ever come forward to claim it.According to Laws of Nigeria, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years which is this
year, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently,
my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the
next of kin to Mr. Diamond so that the fruits of
this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names
and address so that the attorney will prepare
the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as
the next of kin. We shall employ the services
of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain
the necessary documents in your favor for
the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will
provide will then facilitate the transfer of this
money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 70% for me and 30% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will
be done by the attorney and my position as the
Branch Manager Guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply
immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I
shall then provide you with more details
and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please send me your confidential telephone
and fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost
confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in
your country.

Await your reply

Best Regards
EKENE KALU

CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE E MAIL ADDRESS -ekeneee1@hotmail.com






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