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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: "James Obi" <jamesobi004@msn.com>
Reply-To: jamesobi390@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:17:11 +0000
Subject: I trusted you for this business!

Dear Boel,

Firstly,i must solicite your confidence in this transaction.I know that
atransaction of this magnitude will make any one apprenhensive,but
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Sendbe assured that at the end all concerned would smile.I decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

Let me introduce myself.I am Mr.James Obi Branch Manager with Progress Trust
Bank Plc.I got your contact via my private search and dicided to ask for
your personal involvement because of the volume of your business.

THE PROPOSITION: A Foreigner,Late Mr Mark Scott an Expertriate engineer,who
is involved in oil merchant/contractor with the Federal Government of
Nigeria,until His death over two years ago in a ghastly car accident,banked
with us here and a closing balance as at the end of March,2002 of USD7.5
Million (seven million,five hundred thousand untied dollars)equivalent in
the local currency,which the bank now expects a next of kin to claim as
beneficiary.

All efforts by bank to contact any of his relatives proved unseccesful. As a
result of this the Board of Directors are about to place the
as"UNCLAIMAMBLE"and it has been decided that this fund will be
withdrawn from our Bank here into the Central Bank as access. In order to
prevent this,some of my colleagues and i now seek your assistance to have
you stand in as the beneficiary's next of kin.

All documents to enable you claim this fund will be carefully worked out on
your names and please note that This Proposal is 100% risk free on your
side. We have agreed that 30% of the total fund when remitted would be your
share. Again take note that up to 10% of would stand as incidental
expenses,The remaining 60% would be our share,more details would follow with
time.

If this proposal is acceptable to you ,kindly contact me through my private
E-mail( jamesobi390@yahoo.com )

Yours Faithfully,
Mr James Obi. (PTB)


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