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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: JOSE <joseluis103@walla.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:00:29 +0200
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY


Hello,
My name is Mr Jose Luis Garcia, i work in a Security trust Bank here in Spain. I am contacting you with respect to the arrest of Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Diepr-eye Alamieyeseigha in London on september 15 , 2005 over allegations of money laundering by the British government in the war against money laundering. This man has deposited almost 10.000.000.00 Euros ( Ten million Euros ) on an anonynous name through me into our security bank until he was arrested in the United kingdom.
Fortunately for us, he did not state a next of kin to this fund as he did not want anything to leak out if he puts it in his name or the name of any member of his family. If the bank or the government discovers this fund, they could relate it to him, the fund would be confiscated and returned to the Nigerian Government and you and me would loose as there is no way anymore that he can come out openly to claim it.
Do refer to these pages:
http://odili.net/news/source/2005/sep/20/203.html
http://feeds.unitedkingdomnews.net/?rid=07e2e94d223b17e6&cat=fad6c6ce3bc72160&f=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/4253362.stm
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article02
http://allafrica.com/stories/200509190847.html
This is just a part of the amount he has diverted from the sale of petroleum over some period which I helped him to transfer and deposit in various anonymous names in our bank and other banks.
I do assure you that there is no risk as I am the masterminder and knows every details of the whole transaction and the various accounts where the funds are deposited. There is no way you would have trouble as the funds were not deposited in his original name and thereby, it would never be traced to you. It would be that Mr x whose name is on the account has asked you to be his partner and help him to invest his fund in a profitable business in your country.
All I want you to do is to act as the beneficiary or rather the next of kin. I have a lawyer here in Madrid who is aware of the whole transaction and has agreed to help us for a percentage. He will work on the papers to make you the beneficiary to the fund and for this you get 30% ( Thirty percent ) . If you are interested do contact me on this phone and fax number:
0034 : 653-182-514. or email...joseluis103@myway.com , josegarcia103@myway.com
Thanks
Jose Luis Garcia.

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