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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: "edward smith" <smithall3@msn.com>
Reply-To: edward2smith@uymail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:47:50 +0000
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR



FROM THE DESK:DR,EDWARD SMITHN.
CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

ATTENTION:MR/MRS
I AM DR,EDWARD SMITH.THE CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER OF A BANK.THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF OUR BANK OF LAST YEAR 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 RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR ME TO
MAINTAIN ADEQUATE MONETARY INTERNAL CONTROL,CONTROLLING THE BANK
CASH POSITION, BUDGETTING AND FOR THE PREPARETION OF ACCOUNTING
RECORDS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL SHARES WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE YEAR
2005 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 FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2006 AND I NEED A RELIABLE FOREIGN
PARTNER THAT WILL ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER THE FUND INTO HIS BANK
ACCOUNT.

I 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

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 AND 65% 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 RSPONSE IMMEDIATLY FOR MORE
DETAILS ON THE MODALITIES INVOLVES IN THIS BUSINESS AND REMEMBER IT
IT TOP SECRET YOU HAVE TO KEEP STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

I WILL BE EXPRECTING YOUR URGENT COMPLIANCE AND FEED BACK.

YOURS TRULY,
DR,EDWARD SMITH


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