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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: "Kelechi Henry" <kelehenry@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:45:53 +0000
Subject: Your Anttention And Assitance Is Needed To Mr Mark Fund.

Dear Friend,

I am very sorry for this breach of protocol. This is because I don't know
how to personally reach you, except this internet which is very
porous.Please bear with me.I am Henry kelechi, a solicitor at law.The
personal Assitance to Engineer.Mark, a National of your Country, who used to
work with The Shell Development Company, in Nigeria, as plant Engineer.
Before his death in a plane crash which took place in November,21st 2001.

He has a fix deposite of Fourteen millon dollars five hundred and fifty as a
family belongings in the Standard Chartared Bank Plc,with the hope of
transferring it to his country as soon as he is on leave.And, unfortunately
he died alongside with his wife, on their way to Lagos,and have no "Next-Of-
kin", and had no children. Since his death I have made several enquiries to
your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his lastname,
to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.Since I have been
unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 3 year now I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the
same last name so that the proceeds of this deposit valued at $14.5million
dollars can be handed over to you and then you and me with my two
colleguescan share the money. 60% to us and 40% to you. I will manipulate
the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may
make.

It is true that we don't know each other, but I believe that it takes two to
tangle, with mutual understanding devoid of cheating, we will succeed.If you
would be interested to do this business with me, Please get in touch with me
by mail:(brshenry@myway.com)to enable us discuss
further.In your reply, I will appreciate questions before the commencement
of this deal, if any, please send your personal data, your telephone/fax
numbers, account details and an email address specifically for this
business.

Note that we can conclude this operation within ten banking days.Please keep
this very confidential for obvious security reasons. Contact me for more
information, all confirmable before before we proceed Trusting to hear from
you shortly for a detailed information which are confirmable before you can
make up your mind .

If however,you are not interested,do let me know by returm maill too as
I will not contact anybody else until I hear from you.

I thank you in advance for your co-operation while expecting your
immediate positive reply. God bless.

Yours faithfully,
Henry kelechi.


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