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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: "Wilson Moi" <wilsonmoi2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:12:31 +0000
Subject: For Your Kind Attention

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

I am Bila W. 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 dealings 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 for safekeeping.

For more information you can click on this website:
(1)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3338023.stm
(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 boxes. All the documents with which the money was
deposited are 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 safely. We are expecting to hear
from you.

Please contact me on any of my confidential email addresses below
established only for this transaction:

bilamoi@moomia.com
bilawarap@moomia.com

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and please include your telephone
and /fax numbers in your reply so that we could call you for further
guidance. I will like my proposal to be kept confidential because of what I
explained above.

Best regards

Bila W. Arap-Moi.


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