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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: "Mr. Williams G. Andrew" <goodday11@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: magret_hb_kazeem96@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:55:34 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: REQUEST FOR PROJECT

I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH ALL DUE RESPECT SIR AND NEVER YOU ENTERTAIN ANY
FEAR IN THIS TRANSACTION, FOR THIS IS REAL AND GENUINE. ALL I NEED IS
HONESTY AND YOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE MY FAMILY FUND AND INVEST IT JOINTLY
IN YOUR COUNTRY AS PARTNERS.

Dear Partner,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics. I sincerely ask for forgiveness for i know this may seem like a
complete intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of
communication.

This note might seem strange or probably untrue considering the amount of
junk mails we receive daily, but i believe this is still the most genuine
way of contacting a true character.

I will introduce myself as Mrs. Magret H.B. Kazeem. I am married to Dr.
Idris Kazeem Barker who was formerly an assistant to the secretary general
of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries "OPEC". He has worked with
this organization for nine years before he died in the year 2002, as a
result of our only son's brutal murder in Saudi Arabia by unknown gun men.
He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Since his
death I decided never to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
which my culture is against.

However, the most painful and annoying part of it is that my husband's
relatives has been on my neck. They said I was behind my husband death which
is never true. They sent me packing and threw me out of my matrimonial home
which I have suffered for with my late husband for so many years. I have
nowhere to go to, so I decided to go back to my motherland to stay with my
family to get myself organised and carter for my children.

Before husband died, he made me to understand that he deposited the sum of
$32 million (Thirty two Million U.S. Dollars) when he was still the
secretary of OPEC with a finance house in oversea. Please, I hereby request
for your urgent assistance to help my family in investing the money as a
partnership investment with your company or any investment that both of us
will benefit from it. Presently, this money is still under the safe keeping
of the finance house in oversea. I dont want my husbands relatives to know
about this development.

Please tell me in confidence, can you handle it? Can you invest this huge
amount of money successfully on behalf of my family? Have you ever handled
such amount of money before? How old are you? Please advise most urgently.

In a short while, I will arrange a meeting with you and my eldest daughter
Fatima who is studying in Europe and she will accompany you to the finance
house office in Europe where the investment fund is deposited by her late
father for easy claim and quick transfer.

My Eldest daughter will be assisting me to facilitate this transaction and
both of you will make arrangements to have this funds transferred through a
nominated joint account which both of you will open for the money transfer.
You will need to meet with her in Europe as soon as possible.

I will issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the
original-beneficiary of this fund with other related documents. Also, I will
forward to you my personal information for recognition and trust before you
proceed contact with the Finance house in Oversea, so that they will contact
you as the beneficiary of this fund before going their with my daughter to
claim the fund /transfering the fund into your nominated Bank Account in
your country.


Yours in Sincerely,
Mrs. Magret H.B. Kazeem.

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