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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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Fraud email example:

From: "steve okolie" <steve@steveok.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:54:07 +0000
Subject: I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement?

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Steve Okolie, a banker with the LLOYDS PRIVATE BANKING LTD
london,
I am the personal Account Manager to late mr. Adams Thompson ,Who is an
international businessman. Mr Adams, his wife and three children were
involved in Tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka which took place on the
26th December 2004.Though he traveled for the Christmas holiday were he
met his death. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's
extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After several
Unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his Relatives over the Internet to locate
any
member of his family but of no avail, hence my contacting you.

I am therefore soliciting your assistance to help Transfer the money
left
behind by my client before they are confiscated or declared
unserviceable by
the bank In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and fianacial
regulation, the money will revert to the ownership of the British
Government
if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the funds within certain
period. Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next of
kin
so that both of us will benefit from it and also donate certain
portion of
the fund to all victims of the Tsunami disasters through humanitarian
Organization. My client has an equivalent of about £10M pounds (Ten
Million
pounds) deposited with the bank.

The money will be shared,50% for me, 40% for you and 5% for the
Tsunami
disasters victims , while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your
government may require.An attorney will be contracted to help us
revalidated
and notarize all the necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim, All I require is your honest
cooperation
to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through this my
private email address:steveken38@yahoo.it
If you are interested in this business and also give
me a call through
my private telephone number +447031914639 immediately
you receive this
mail for further discussion.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Steve Okolie
Tel +447031914639
N/B: Please indicate your full interest by including
Your phone and fax
numbers


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