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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: "james umunna" <jamesumunna55@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:54:58 +0000
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE.

Dear sir/madam,

:URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
I am Mr. James umunna, the first son of Late Isreal umunna,I am a
citizen of Nigeria. My father was the managing director Aluminium
Company in Asaba Delta State Nigeria, but very unfortunately he died
in the year 2001 after a protracted illness.Due to poor management
of the company in my country and for the fact that I am so dedicated
to church activities, I realized that I will be unable to manage the
company and so soon it may wind up . I also realized that I am too
young to manage a large company of that type and most of the
directors have already began to divert
the net profit being generated from the company, I therefore arranged
with my fathers lawyer and sold the entire company to Mr. Alan Foster
from Poland at the price ofUS$15 milion dollars,
Due to constant pressure from some of my relatives and also fear of
likely attack on my family to hijack thefund, I arranged with my
mother to transfer the fund into a security company in Lagos Nigeria,
where I am currently staying with my mother and other
two younger sisters.However, I am into Engineering Activities now and
I have most of my time dedicated to church activities. At the moment,
we want to transfer the fundto oversea country for investment because
of the pressure i am facing with my family. I therefore need your
assistance to enable me transfer the fund
into your private company's account over there so
that we can relocate to plan for the investment of the fund through
your personal assistance. I mostly need your assistance in investing
the fund because I have little experience on investment management of
the fund. It is also my plan that after the successful transfer of
the fund into your account there, I will first relocate my mother and
other 2 sisters to stay with you while I will first travel to United
States of America to
complete my Engineering school. What Imostly need from you is honest
and sincerity because this fund is my life and the life of my family.
If you can assist us in this transaction, I
will give you 20% of the total fund while 75% will be for my family
for investment,and 5% of the fund will be maped out for any expencess
that might incure during the process of the
transfer.Please, be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free,
but you must keep it confidential. If you will assist us, kindly send
me an urgent E-mailto indicate your interest. I await your soonest
response.Best Regards.
Mr. James umunna,
{FOR THE FAMILY}





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