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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: "UK BELLO" <ukbello1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:42:54 +0000
Subject: Reply Urgently

DR UK BELLO
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel/Public debt committee
On Foreign Contract Payments
Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

Attn:Sir/Madam

I am the chairman of Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel, on Foreign Contract
Awards And Payment Recommendation. This panel is set up and empowered by
three factors; The President Of Nigeria,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Members of
G-34 and the Honourable Members of the Judicial Panel, to review and
subsequently recommend for payments all duly executed contracts awarded to
foreign contractors between 1979 - 2004 fiscal year.Precisely five months
back,we discovered an over-invoiced contract sum to the tone of One Hundred
Million United States Dollars
(USD$100,000,000.00).We further traced the origin of this sum and thus,found
out that
it was delibrately over-invoiced by then Contract Awarding Committee before
they were dissolved. As it stands now,we are very confident that the
government has no knowledge of this sum,neither does the dissolved committee
have access to the said sum again.We still have almost one year to
conclude and it is only then that we shall give official reports and
probably refer this over-invoiced contract sum back to the federal
government,s purse.
It is in the light of this that my colleagues and myself decided to
confidently contact you urgently so that we could perfectly present you or
your company as one of the foreign contractors that executed contract for
the Nigerian government, and we shall recommend only $10 Million United
States Dollars (USD$10,000,000.00) to be delivered to you live in your
country by ACCESS DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE WHOM WE HAVE ARRANGED WITH TO
DELIVER THIS MONEY CASH TO YOU in your country or any other country you may
want the diplomatic courier company deliver the money sealed package to
you., thereafter we shall refer back to the government's purse the balance
of NINETY Million Dollars (USD$90,000,000.00). We Have carefully worked
out the strategies to secure all the necessary DOCUMENTS in your name and
there is no room for failure,BECAUSE, we are still at the head of Contract
Review And PaymentS Recommendation,
and it is only our reports that counts.
If we have understood ourselves and believed with trust that we could do
this DEAL together and move this sum of TEN Million
Dollars(USD$10,000,000.00) TO YOU, then forward to us urgently the
following;
1. Your full name
2. your confidential address
3. the nearest airport nearest to you
4. Telephone and fax numbers.
We shall further discuss and agreed on the percentage sharing as soon as
we hear from you affirmatively.note that we have closed every track that
might lead to any trace of this fund.
Sincerely,
DR UK BELLO,CHAIRMAN, PUBLIC DEBT COMMITTEE/foreign payments
Chairman, Seven (7) Man Presidential Panel,
On Foreign Contract Review And Payment Recommendations,
Federal Republic Of Nigeria.
We awaits for your reply through >ukbello111@yahoo.it< and more
information will be passed over as soon as we open communication
THANKS AND GOD BLESS,

UK BELLO


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