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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: "nelson ezenwa" <nelson_ez3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nelson_ez1@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:34:08 +0000
Subject: (Lange)Very Urgent

Dear Lange,

Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am the manager
Bills and Exchange of Foreign Remittance office of STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC
Lagos Nigeria In accordance with Federal Government Policies, on
indeginlization Law on company and Allied matters, of Jan 1972.

I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation
to carry out this transaction. The bank discovered an abandoned sum of
US$25.5 million (twenty five million five hundred thousand US Dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our Foreign customer ,a national of
your country, who used to be a financial controller with Shell Oil
development company in Nigeria. Him and His wife and their three children
were involved in a plane crash,November 2000. Since this development, we
have advertised for his next of kin or any close relation to come forward to
claim this money, but nobody came to apply for the claim.

To this effect, I have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner
who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money. I
need a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that the
customer was a foreigner and we don't want this money to go into the Banks
Treasury as unclaimed fund.

NOTE: You do not have to be directly related to the deceased, in order
to assist me in carrying out this transaction.Every document to effect
this process will emanate from my table and I will perfect every document
to be in accordance with the banking law and guidelines, So you have
nothing to worry about. I and my coleagues agreed that 30% of the money will
be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on both sides, while 60% will be for
me and my coleagues.

If you are going to help me, indicate by replying this letter and putting in
your private phone,mobile and fax numbers for easy communicating, I await
your kind response,Please if you are interested and capable in handling this
deal with me, due reply only on my alternative email address for security
reasons (nelson_ez2@tlen.pl) And note
that the nurture of this deal needs a very top secrecy

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in
earnest.Once I receive your reply, I will send you the Text of Application
for immediate of claim.

Thanks for your anticipated assistance.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Nelson Ezenwa.


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