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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: "mustapha ahmed" <mustaphakelly_45@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:53:56 +0000
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS

Attn: Chief Executive/Ceo

My name is Mr. Mustapha Kelly . I hail from No 20 refinery
Road.Eleme oil state-Nigeria,
41 years, married with three children. I am the Diretor of
Global
Security & Finance Services Limited, Nigeria. I got the
information
concerning
you from the Internet and after due consideration, I
decided to contact
you believing that by the Grace of God, that you will not
disappoint me
over this deal. I have been working with this company for
over fifteen
years.
Within this period, I have watched with meticulous
precision how
African Heads of State and Government functionaries have
been using
Global
Security & Finance Ltd to move sums of money USD, Pounds
Sterling,
French
Francs (cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in
these
consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as
jewelries,
gold,
diamonds, precious stones, family treasures, and documents
etc. Mobutu
Sese
Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni Abacha of Nigeria (dead),
Fode Sank
oy
of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny
of Cote
d"Ivoire (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan)
etc.
All these people have many consignments deposited with my
office. Their
foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most
of these
consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as
much as
eight
years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most
cases, the
Certificate of Deposit are never available to anybody
except the
depositors
or
me since most of them are dead. I have through the
instrumentality of
Global Security & Finance re-deposited all these
unclaimed and overstayed consignment into the Vault
Facility of a
reputable
Security Company in Europe. Since the inception of the year
2000, our
company's management has changed the procedure of claims of
consignment,
as soon as you are able to produce the secret information
as contained
in the secret file of any consignment, it will be released
to you upon
demand. I have finalized every arrangement for you to claim
consignment
No. 1401, 1402 containing $35.7 Million.
I will supply you with all the information and documents
that will
facilitate your easy claim of the consignment. Upon your
positive reply
of
this letter, I will furnish you with further details and
information
regarding the modus operandi for the execution of the
transaction. This
business is risk free as I have taken necessary preventive
measures.
(The mode of sharing will be 50-50), you can reach me by
email and I
will
direct you on what to do and also l like like you to
furnish me with
your full name and your confidential phone and fax
number(s).
Upon your positive consideration and reply of this letter I
shall give
you
a confidential telephone number with which we can discuss
the execution
of the business. Expedite action.my alternative
email.mustaphakelly03@yahoo.ca

Yours faithfully,
Mustapha Kelly.

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