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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: "raymond peteralam" <peteralam@msn.com>
Reply-To: alamraymond@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:43:43 +0000
Subject: hello, treat as urgent!



FROM THE DESK:
Dr,RAYMOND ALAM PETERS
CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER
ATTENTION: SIR

I AM DR,RAYMOND ALAM PETERS THE CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER OF UNION BANK PLC
NIGERIA.THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF OUR BANK IS OVER($48,000,000.00 (Fourty
Eight million US DOLLARS) AND THE CURRENT ASSETS OF OUR BANK IS RELATIVELY
LIQUID RESOURCES. THIS CATEGORIES INCLUDES CASH,INVESTMENTS IN MARKETABLE
SECURITIES, RECEIVABLE,INVENTORIES AND PREPAID EXPENSES.

IN RECENT YEARS THE ANNAUL REVENUE OF OUR BANK HAS EXCEEDED TO US$100.000
(ONE HUNDRED THOUSEND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)AND MY RESPONSIBITY IS FOR ME TO
MAINTAIN ADEQUATE MONETARY INTERNAL CONTROL,CONTROLLING THE BANK CASH
POSITION, BUDGETTING AND FOR THE PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL SHARES WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE YEAR 2002 IS
UNDER MY JURISDICTION IS US$300,000 AND THE OUTSTANDING SHARE THAT IS
PRESENTLY UNDER MY CONTROL AND SUPERVISION IS US$2,000,000,000.00 (TWO
BILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

WE ARE IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2005 AND I NEED A RELIABLE FOREIGN
PARTNER THAT WILL ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER THE FUND INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT. HAVE
MANAGERIAL CONECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS TRANSFERED INTO YOUR
BANK ACCOUNT BY ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER. I NEED THE FOLLOWING BANKING
INFORMATION:
1. THE NAME OF YOUR BANK
2. THE BANK ADDRESS
3. THE BANK ACCOUNT
4. THE BANK ROUTING/SWIFT CODE
5. THE BANK BENEFICIARY
6. YOUR COMPANY NAME
7. YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION, I WILL GET AN APPROVAL THAT WILL HELP TO MAKE
THE PAYMENT OF US$68,MILLION US DOLLARS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AND
THIS WILL ONLY TAKE US 14 BANKING WORKING DAYS TO EXECUTIVE THIS FINANCIAL
BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT BOTH PARTIES.

WE HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE FUND AS FOLLOW: 25% WILL BE GIVING TO YOU HAS
THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WHERE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER AND65% WILL BE FOR
ME AND 10% FOR VALUE ADDED TAX THAT WILL BE REQUIRED BY YOUR BANK OFFICIAL.
THE BANK WILL SEND YOU VALID CONCRETE AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENT AND TELEX
CONFIRMATION WILL BE SEND TO YOUR BANK AND FOR YOU TO VARIFY FROM YOUR BANK
AS SOON AS THE FUND HIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

NOTE: Please kindly state your early response immediately on this
email:(alamraymond@yahoo.com ) for more details on the modalities involves
in this business and it is top secret you have to keep strictly
confidential. I WILL BE EXPECTING YOUR URGENT COMPLIANCE AND FEED BACK.

YOURS TRULY,
Dr.RAYMOND ALAM PETERS.
CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER


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