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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: Uk Bello Esq <uk_bello06@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uk_bello01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:35:43 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT PLEASE REPLY!


From Desk of
Barrister Uk Bello
Manchester Road East, Little Hulton,
Manchester, M_381, Uk, London.
Tel:+447031966301

Dear Friend

I am making this proposal with hope that I can confide in you as my
partner to handle this profitable transaction in good faith, trust and
confidentiality.My name is Barrister Uk Bello. A British citizen. I am the foreign legal advicer/ assistance of late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo. The wife of Nigerian president who died in molding clinic in Spain after a complicated surgery that took her life for further reference, go to www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/790/1/Life-&-Death-of-Stella:-A-Commentary-on-the-(WO)men-of-Nigeria-56k) (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9828056/from/RL.1/-42k) My client has died and been buried on Wednesday 27th day of October 2005 at her home in Nigeria.
I need your assistance in the following area. I have with me the
document and information of some of her account abroad which she secretly
operate with foreign names to avoid been dictated. As a public figure, all eyes are always on her each time she make an over sea trip. that was why she always forefronted me to cover up some of the her dealing oversea.
In a nutshell, i have given to her family some of the documents
containing her wealth as demanded by them. while I withhold this particular of her non-residential account details with the City Bank which she runs in the
name of Chin Abdul . The account has the sum of TEN MILLION BRITISH POUND STERLING (10,000,000,000) in it.

I have already contacted the account managerof the bank and have discuss the transaction with him. he accepted my plan and advised me to get someone outside united kingdom to process and transfer the money to the person as the beneficiary. it was upon this reason that I am contacting you so that I present you to the bank as. Chon Abdul the account owner and then validate every other documents regarding the account in your name to enable the bank release the fund to you.You are going to get 30% of the total money, while another 25% will go to the bank manager for his participation. The rest will be for me. which
shall be made payable from your account outside united kingdom where the fund shall be remitted by the bank.

The transaction is 100% risk free as long as you can observe all the instruction as mapped out by me and the manger of the bank.To prove to you my genuity in this transaction,I will subsequently send you the copy of my British passport for your perusal. I will appreciate if you will keep everything about this transaction to yourself. and if you are not interested in it, pls delete the message
and pretends as if nothing happens.
But if you wish to assist me in this venture do please send your reply
with the following data to enable me commence the process immediately:

1) Your full name, Address and phone number
2) Your age and Occupation
3) The scanned copy of you international passport or driving license

The transaction will not go beyond 12 working days based on your utmost
cooperation and devotion. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks

Barrister Uk Bello
Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, Manchester, M_381
Tel:+447031966301



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