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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: "prince daura" <prince_012daura@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:20:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: LOOKING FOR OUR CLIENT RELATIVES


FROM THE DESK OF DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER
MR.PRINCE GEORGE DAURA
GULF BANK NIG LTD
PLOT 101C,PARK STREET LEEKI PHASE 11,V/I, LAGOS
PRIVATE/HIGHLY COFIDENTIAL
SUBJCT MATTER: INVITATION TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN

DEAR SIR OR MADAM,

PLS REPLY WITH MY ALTTERNATIVE DEAR SIR,

PLS REPLY WITH MY ALTTERNATIVE
EMAIL:GEORGEMATINS909@YAHOO.COM.SG OR PRINCE_O1DAURA@LATINMAIL.COM
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 234 803 536 8721

I AM MR.GEORGE PRINCE DAURA MATINS, I WORK WITH GOLF BANK NIG PLC.THE ACCOUNT OFFICER TO MR CHANG YOUNG ,A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO USED TO WORK WITH SHELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN NIGERIA. HERE IN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT.ON THE 21ST OF APRIL 2003, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ALONG SAGBAMA EXPRESS-ROAD ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES.SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES THIS HAS ALSO PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.

I DECIDE TO TRACK DONW HIS RELATIVE THROUGH NET AND TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED YOU. I HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED ORDECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK HERE THESE HUGE DEPOSITS WERE LODGED.PARTICULARLY, WITH THE GOLF BANK NIG PLC WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN ACCOUNT VALUED AT ABOUT $11.5MILLION DOLLARS DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BEFORE THE MONEY WILL BE CONFISCATED.

SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR OVER 2 YEARS NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT $11.5MILLION DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU AND THEN YOU AND ME CAN SHARE THE MONEY. 70% TO ME AND 30% FOR YOU.

ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO ENABLE US SEEING THIS DEAL THROUGH. I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLS REPLY WITH MY ALTTERNATIVE EMAIL:GEORGEMATINS909@YAHOO.COM.SG OR PRINCE_O1DAURA@LATINMAIL.COM
234 803 536 8721

BEST REGARDS,

GEORGE PRINCE DAURA MATINS.



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