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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: frank uzoma <frankuzoma_0044@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:20:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ESTATE FOR CLAIM{YOUR CONSENT PLEASE



Hello,
My name is Mr.Frank Uzoma; I am the chief Accountant ofabank here in Nigeria.I would want to use this mediumaftergoing through your profile to seek for assistance inabusiness transaction which is of mutual benefit.Aforeigner late Mr. David Hardy who is from United States,anOil Merchant/Contractorwith the Federal Government
ofNigeria, until his death in a ship mishap,who bankedwithus at our Bank and had a closing balanceofUS$21.5million,whichthe bank now expect any of hisavailable nextof kin to claim.
To this regards, I have been directed by the boardofTrustees of the bank to notify the deceased next ofkin,which I have done and found out that he has no next ofkin,which means that this funds will be lost tothegovernment,which we all know will be stolen. In ordertoavert this development,myself and some of mytrustedcolleagues in the bank now seek your indulgencetohave you stand as late Mr.David Hardy's next of kin sothat
the fund will be subsequently transferred and paid intoyour foreign account.
On indicating your interest, all documents and prooftoenable you get thisfunds will be carefully worked out and we are assuring you a 100%riskfreetransaction.You willbeallowed to retain 30% of the total amountafterthetransaction.If this proposal is okay by you, andyou wishtotake advantage of the trust bestowed on you reply
thismail to enable me furnish you with relevant details tothistransaction.
Kindly contact me through this e-mail:
Best regards and God Bless
Frank Uzoma




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