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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: "ola george" <gccdlu@msn.com>
Reply-To: olageorge400@infohq.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:29:36 +0000
Subject: IS ME YOUR FRIEND.


>From the Desk of: Ola George
{GM, Corporate and Investment ]
Banking Division (South)}
African Continental Bank Plc, Nigeria.

E-mail olageorge@sify.com

Dear Friend,

My name is Ola George,General Manager, Corporate and Investment Banking
Division(South)with African Continental Bank Plc,Lagos-Nigeria.I came to
know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company to handle
a confidential transaction on behalf of myself.As a matter of fact, I got
your information from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Nigerian
Export Promotion Council.

l write in respect of a foreign customer with our Bank,who unfortunately
lost his life in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing
727 which crashed on December 25,2003.
Since the death of this our customer , I have kept a close monitoring of the
deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim
the money in his A/C as next of kin to the late customer. The total amount
in the account is US$12.5 million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank
account. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner.

As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed
information other than my very self-considering my position in the
bank.Based on the fact that all the family perished in the same flight
accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin,so I
am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next of kin, and
arrange for the release of the funds to your honour for our mutual benefit.

I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 70-30%.You shall
have 30% of the funds and I shall have the rest (70%) .I hope this is a fair
sharing?
I look forward to hear from you urgently so that we can proceed
accordingly.I wait for your urgent response.

Best Regards.
Mr.OLA GEORGE
Send your further correspondent to this e-mail
address:olageorge@sify.com
such as :

1 your full name
2 telephone number
3 fax number
4. address
and other relevant informations thanks and GOD BLESS


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