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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: "universal creditbond" <universalcreditbond@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: universalcreditbond@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:19:41 +0000
Subject: TRUST.

Dear Freind,
I am Acct.David Morgan Abort, Accounts Manager Barclays
Bank, London, England, I have an urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you.
An American Oil consultant and contractor with the
British Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr Salah Adam,made
a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$16,000,000.00
(Sixteen Million 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 British Solid Minerals Corporation that
Mr.Salah Adam, died in a plane crash along with his
wife Mr and Mrs Salah & Shaline Adam in Egypt Air
Flight 990,1999 air crash and was directed to this
site for more information about this crash
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm
Since we got this information about his death and 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.Salah Adam, did
not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank. This sum of US$16,000,000.00 is still sitting in
my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year.

For one will ever come forward to claim it. According
to British Laws, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the British
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.Salah
Adam so that we can recieve this money.
"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, including your bank details, which will include
the name of the bank, complete address of the bank,
the account number, routing number if any for the
immediate transfer of this funds" . Recently, we got
wind of information that the Government are making
plans to revert this fund to the country's apex bank
so that you may reason with me the urgency of this
transaction.
Trust me as there is no risk at all as i have been
giving the order of madamus to look for the kin to
Late. Salah Adam.
The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% 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 Accounts Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction,besides I
have the cognition of my assistant. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address above.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details that will help you understand the transaction.
Please send me your confidential telephone and
faxnumbers for easy communication.Please observe
utmost confidentiality, and 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.

Awaiting your urgent reply .
Regards,
Acct. David Morgan Abort.


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