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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: "ukomasuko" <ukomasuko@spray.se>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:56:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Niger Delta Developement Commission{NDDC}

FROM:ENGR. UKOT THOMAS UKOT
General Manager
Niger Delta Developement Commission{NDDC}
Tel:234-80-60165353
Email:ukomasuko@yahoo.co.uk

Dearest,

Compliments of the season

I am the manager NIGER DELTA DEVELOPEMENT COMMISSION (NDDC). in my ministry I discovered an
abandoned sum of $33.3musd (thirty three million three hundred thousand
U.S.dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer,by name, Mr. Bob Robert, who died along with his wife, Ruth,
in January 2000 in a Kenyan plane crash in the coast of Abidjan, ivory
coast.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our ministry guidelines. Unfortunately I learnt that his
supposed next of kin died along with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make
business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation of the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want
this money to go into federal government account as unclaimed bill. The
ministry law and the guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after six years the money will be transferred into govrenment 
treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and we cannot stand
as next of kin for a foreigner. It is agreed that a certain percentage of
this money will be for you as my foreign partner.Thereafter I will visit
your country for disbursement according to the percentage agreed.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of the fund to you as
arranged.you must apply first to the ministry as a relation or next of kin of the
deceased indicating your bank account number and location wherein the money
will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply I will se nd to you the text of the
application. As soon as you receive this letter, you should contact me
through my SECURITY e-mailaddress,ukomasuko@yahoo.co.uk
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully
ENGR. UKOT THOMAS UKOT
General Manager[NDDC]
Tel:234-80-60165353
Email:ukomasuko@yahoo.co.uk


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