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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: "Arap Bila" <arapmoi1@msn.com>
Reply-To: arap_bila01@myway.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 01:37:29 +0000
Subject: YOUR REPLY

Dear Sir,
I am Bila Arap Moi, the son of The former president of Kenya
Mr Daniel Arap Moi. I came to know you in the course of my
search for a reliable And GOD fearing partner, and I
decided to contact you,Because I believe you are a
reputable person and I feel You can help me and my mother over
this confidential matter. I count on your integrity and honesty
to be able to handle this Business. My father, Mr Arap Moi, was
the former president of Kenya , In East Africa, During his reign as
the president , he had so many Monetary dealing with a lot of European
companies in my country And out side my country, and he uses these
companies as a means Of transferring funds to foreign
accounts in Europe ,America and Asia., all these funds
where gotten from the sales of Gold and Diamonds, Amongst
the companies he registered was GOLDENBERG COMPANIES,
Which he uses as front for funds deposit, he made a
transfer of $76,000,000.(seventy six million American Dollars) to this
company which never existed, the said company has since
been declared bankruptcy and liquidate, and the
said funds has been deposited with a security company in
Europe where it is kept from for safekeeping. For more
information you can click on this website:
(1)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3338023.stm or ,
(2) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3025878.stm%
And as the only child of my mother who is the 6th wife to
my father the president, he has given to us as our own
share, which is this funds that is with the security
company in Europe. The money is kept in trunk boxes and
was registered as precious substances, thus there is
nobody that knows that it is money that is in the box. All
the documents with which the money was deposited is with
us (my mother and I) I am looking for somebody that is
capable and willing to travel to any part of Europe to
receive the two trunk boxes of money on behalf of my
mother and I from the security company.We need a trust
worthy and experience person that will help us to invest
This money in your country and take us as one family and
will also buy A house for us over there where we can live
safelyWe are expecting to hear from you, please contact me
on my Confidential email address:(arap_bila01@myway.com )
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation , please include
your Telephone/fax number on your reply.I will like my proposal
to be kept confidential because of what I explained above.
Best Regards
Bila Arap Moi.


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