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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: "Mr matty allen" <matty_allen1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmattyallen_50@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:20:36 +0100
Subject: Late Engr STARR Inheritance Fund.

From: Mr.Matty Allen (Accountant)
STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.,
54 Adeola Odeku Way, Victoria-Island
Lagos Nigeria.
E-mail: mrmattyallen_50@yahoo.com
Tel#: +234-1-7229724


Dear Starr,

I know that you will be surprise to read from somebody you have not known or seen before, But behold" I entreat you to take the will for the deed. I beleived it is indeed one the miraculous work of God that I got your contact coincidentally when I was searching for the relatives of late Engr.Eichoiz R. Starr.

I am Mr. Matty Allen, (Accountant, Standard Trust Bank Plc.,) and ofcourse, I was the personal Account Officer to late Engr. Eichoiz R.Starr, a Foreigner from from your country, a licensed Crude Oil Exporter with African largest crude oil producing Firm, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation ( N.N.P.C.)

Well, On The 4rd of May 2002, My Client, his Wife and their 2 Children were involved in an Aeroplane Crash (while on a picnic-trip.) involving The BAC 111-500 belonging to EAS AIRLINES, Which the Pilot, 7 Crew Members and 65 Passengers on board unfortunately lost their lives.

To throw lights on this and more prove of my story, Please click the undermentioned BBC ARCHIVE NEWS and CNN.com NEWS ARCHIVE >

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/05/05/nigeria.crash/

Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to see if I can locate any of his extended relatives, this has all the while proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives (i.e. same surname) over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail.

Therefore basically I am contacting you to assist in accomodating a mega amount of money left behind by late Engr. Eichoiz R. Starr before it is confiscated or declared dormant by the Bank where this huge amount was deposit. The deceased has an account valued at Thirteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$13,700,000.00).

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I am seeking for your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased since you are still a foreigner , and most fortunately your Surname: "STARR" is the same with the deceased, so it will be easier and convincing to present you as his next of kin, thus that the proceeds of this account valued at US$13.7 million USD can be paid to you.

All I require is your honesty, mutual understanding and co-operation to enable us actualize this lucrative deal which is a golden opportunity for us to make wealth for our individual families. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by my email indicated above and beneath my message, so that we can commence the documentations quickly, Finally I need your Mobile Cell, Telephone & Fax numbers for easy communication in return,So When you contact me, then we shall discuss the ratio of disbursement between us.

Awaiting your urgent response.

Best Regards,

Mr.Matty Allen. (Accountant)
Standard Trust Bank Plc.,

Please Reply Strictly to: mrmattyallen_50@yahoo.com

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