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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: "Emma Wale" <emmawale1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: emma_u_wale@globalpinoy.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 04:24:12 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM MR. EMMANUEL WALE,WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN
OPERATIONS, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE. I GOT YOUR INFORMATION
FROM
INTERNET AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ASSIST IN THIS
BUSSINESS TRANSACTION THE TRANSACTION REQUIRES MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING,
TRANSPARENCY AND ABSOLUTE TRUST.ONE MR. PAKIR KUBANI FROM INDIA ON BEHALF OF
MRS STELLA OBASANJO THE FIRST LADY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH AND THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AVIATION HERE IN
NIGERIA.
THE CONTRACT STATES DOLLARS (US$40,500,000.00), BUT DURING
THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO HIM, HE DIED IN AN AIR PLANE
DISASTER IN IFO IN OGUN STATE RECENTLY. MEANWHILE THIS FUND IS ALREADY IN A
BANKS OVERSEAS PAID BY MY MINSTRY.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON EXCEPT TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION OF THE CONTRACT EXECUTED BY

MR. PAKIR KUBANI, CONTRACT NUMBER: FMA/SLE/BIR/99CONTRACT SUM:
US$40,500,000.00, WE WANT YOU STAND AS THE PARTNER TO MR. PAKIR
KUBANI
WHO IS DECEASED AND APPLY FOR BENEFICIARY STATUS OF THIS FUND. I
WILL
SEND TO YOU ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THIS
TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY YOU ACCEPT TO CONFIRMATION BEFORE WE
PROCEED
THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND NEEDS UTMOST SINCERERITY
FROM
ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED.YOU WILL BE GIVEN 20% ONCE THIS MONEY IS
PAID TO YOU FROM THE OVERSEA BANK, I WILL BE GOING FOR MY
RETIREMENT
VERY SOON,SO I NEED THIS MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY IN FUTURE
I
AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.PLS REPLY ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
FOR
SECURITY . emma_u_wale@globalpinoy.com.

REGARDS

MR EMMANUEL WALE


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