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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: "Nelson Mba" <nelsonmba6000@msn.com>
Reply-To: nelsonmba1975@excite.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:33:27 +0000
Subject: INVITATION TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN

Mr.nelson mba.
First Atlantic Bank PLC
4/6 Adetokunbo Ademola Street
P. O. Box 75369
Victoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria
I Am Mr.nelson mba, in charge of bills and foreign
exchange remittance Department of First Atlantic Bank Plc.
I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation
to carry out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an unclaimed sum of $24.5Million (Twenty-four million
five hundred thousand dollars) in an account belonging to one of our
customer,(Mr.Kurt Kahle. Age 51) who died in a plane crash (Concorde
Airlines Flight AF4590)with his 37-year-old wife and son Michael, aged
eight. on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK
Please view this site and read it's content carefully.
Since we got information about his death we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money.
Unfortunately,neither the family nor the relation has appeared to claim
this money. We cannot release this money unless somebody applies as the
next of kin or relation to the deceased.
Our banking guidelines indicated that if such money remained unclaimed
for a period of Six (6) years, it would be transferred into the First
Atlantic Bank Treasury as unclaimed fund.
Another officer and I in the department now decided to transfer this
money into your account as the next of kin or relation of the deceased
for easy collection since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this
money to go back into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.
Infact it is my friend that advised me to urgently arrange to transfer
out this money through another foreign beneficiary outside the
country.Upon your acceptance to this proposal,we have also agreed on a
sharing
Ration:
1.30% for you as the account owner
2.60% for I and my colleagues
3.10% will be set aside to defray all incidental expenses both locally
and internationally during the cause of this transaction.
Furthermore we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finanlly in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as
regards,to investment of our share,be informed that this transaction is
genuine and 100% risk free considering the top level bank officials
involved.
As you know that I enjoy good office here with the bank and I will use
my personality to make the official application on your behalf for
approval of this money into your nominated account thereby having the
banktransfer this money into your bank account.
I will advice that you furnish me with the necessary details for me to
make the official application of claim on your behalf as the next of
kin and beneficiary of this money with out wasting time.
Here are the details I will need to make the application.
(1)Your Full Name.
(2)Your Contact Address.
(3)Bank Name & Address
(4)Your phone & Fax Number for effective communication.
(5)Age, Religion & Occupation.
This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in
less than (7) working days.
Waiting for your urgent response
Regards,
Mr nelson mba.
PLS REPLY TO (nelsonmba1975@yahoo.de)

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