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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "DR GODWIN NSKAN" <drgodwin1@msn.com>
Reply-To: dr_nsikan1@yahoo.de
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 19:45:20 +0000
Subject: URGENT

UNION BANK PLC
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Email: dr_00070@yahoo.de



Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by
virtue of it?s nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL.

I am Dr Godwin Nsikan a member of Board of Directors of UNION BANK PLC
Lagos.
I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and reputable
person to
handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a
huge sum of money to a Foreign Bank Account requiring maximum
confidence.
THE PREPOSITION The Late Engineer MARK JOHNSON, Lebanese national and
an
oil merchant/contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until
his death three years ago in a ghastly air crash, banked with us here at
the UNION BANK PLC, Lagos, and had a closing balance of
USD20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably
expect it
to be claimed by
MARK JOHNSON?S next of kin or alternatively be donated to a Charity
Organisation here. Efforts have been made by the UNION BANK, to get in
touch with any of the JOHNSON?S family but to no avail. It is because of
the perceived impossibility of not being able to locate ENGR MARK
JOHNSON?S next of kin that the management under the influence of our
Chairman
Board of Directors, Major General Kalu Ike Kalu who has agreed that
since the incident occurred in 1998 and has left the fund dormant and
devalued, we should transfer the fund overseas and utilize it either on
stock exchange market or personal business interest.
Your role is very important as the fund when concluded on transfer will
be justifiably presented as having been remitted to the next of kin
which is assumed to be you. Your interest will be protected as unnecessary
documentation will be avoided and adequate percentage scheduled for
mutual benefit.

1. Account holder 20% (foreign Partner)
2. Nigerian Partner 80% (Nigerian Partner)

You are required to contact me immediately by return mail. Be informed
that all parties interest should be protected in terms of
confidentiality.Note that all modalities necessary for the transfer of fund
have
been
perfected and the transaction is 100% risk free.

Awaiting your prompt response whether accepted or not.

Regards,

Dr Godwin Nsikan

Please reply to this email: dr_00070@yahoo.de


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