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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: abacha family <bch_family01@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: bch_family@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:13:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: DIRECTOR /CEO


DIRECTOR /CEO

DEAR CONCERNED ONE,
ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY,THE ABACHAS,I, ABBA ABACHA,THE SON OF THE LATE
GENERAL
IBRAHIM SANNI ABACHA,FORMER HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA,WHO DIED ON
SEAT,IS
APPEALING TO YOU TO COME TO OUR AID.SINCE THIS PRESENT DEMOCRATIC
DISPENSATION
CAME INTO BEING MY FAMILY HAS NOT KNOWN PEACE. OUR PROBLEM WITH THE
PRESENT
GOVERNMENT STARTED AFTER MY FATHER'S DEMISE,AS MOST OF OUR ASSETS BOTH
HOME
AND ABROAD HAVE BEEN SEIZED,LIKEWISE OUR TRAVELLING DOCUMENTS.OUR
ACCOUNTS HAS
BEEN FROZEN,AND THIS IS CAUSING MY FAMILY GREAT HARDSHIP.

RIGHT NOW,OUR ONLY HOPE OF SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON ONE UNKNOWN ACCOUNT
WHICH HAS
NOT BEEN DISCOVERED BY THE PANEL,AND IS SOMEWHERE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
SO, MY
FAMILY IS SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE,A VOLUNTEER,WHO WOULD HELP BY
CONCEALING,OR
BEING IN THE POSSESSION OF WHAT IS LEFT IN THE ACCOUNT. SO WHEREBY YOU
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO HELP,ENDEAVOUR TO CONTACT ME BY EMAIL FOR

MORE DETAILS REGARDING THAT.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

REGARDS,

ABBA ABACHA.



Kindly view the website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/world/africa/1935646.stm
http://people.africadatabase.org/en/profile/1992.html
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Sani_Abacha
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4124328,00.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_22_101/ai_87210843












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