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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: "Ngozi Amadi" <ngoziamadi2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: ngozi_amadi_uba@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:39:37 +0000
Subject: TOP URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS FOR YOU.

Dear sir/ma,
TOP URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS FOR YOU.
I am Mrs. ngozi amadi. The Senior Accountant in Union Bank of Nigeria Plc I
am the widow of late Samuel amadi and since my husband died things have
being very hard for my kids and i and my son kelly who is suffering from
heart problem since and now is becoming very serious and I have collected
four months salary from my Md just to give the doctors that is treating him
because he said that if I did not deposit some money that they will not
treat him but I have look left and look right and I only have this deal from
my bank and I know that if you will be honest to me this deal will be
profitable for both of us and I am not the type that always runs deal in the
bank but due to my present condition I now decided to contact you for
assistance but all I want is your honesty in this business then I will give
you all the details about this money in my bank.
Greetings, I am ngozi amadi The senior account Union bank of Nigeria Plc.
However I got your contact Through the International web directory. I
decided to contact you by email because I feel that it is more Secured and
private. Recently we discovered a Dormant Account with a huge Amount of
Money Valued at US$10.200,000.00( TEN MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS) that belongs to one of our late Customers who died in a plane
crash.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to Mr.Ziya Bazhayev, President of
the Oil Alliance Company who died on Yak-40 aircraft, on a charter flight
from Moscow to Kiev on March 9, 2000. The fund has been dormant in his
account with this Bank without any claim of the funds in our custody either
from his family or relation before our discovery of this development.
The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for Six
years, it will be forfeite
To the Bank treasury as an unclaimed bill it is only a foreigner that can
stand as a next Of kin and it is upon this discovery that I decided to
contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. In order
to avert
This negative development, I now seek your permission to have you stand in
as next of kin to our late Customer So that the fund will be released and
paid into your account as the beneficiary’s next Of kin now that the bank is
still expecting a next of Kin or relative of the deceased, Mr.Ziya Bazhayev
You will read more news about the plane crash on these
Websites,http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/672849.stm
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because Of My position in this
country as civil servants, I am not allowed to operate a foreign account and
that would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer since I still work in this bank, this is the actual reason why I
required a second party or fellow who will assist me forward claims as the
next of kin and also provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new Bank a/c immediately to receive this fund, even an empty a/c can also
serve for this purpose.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% as
gratification for your assisting me, and the remaining 60% will be for me.
What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have
in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully accomplish the
operation. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.
Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive
response. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your
wish.

I await your Urgent response.
Best regards,
Mrs.ngozi amadi.
Senior Accountant,
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc


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