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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Kenneth=20Bello?= <bellokenneth88@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: kennethbello222@jmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF KENNETH BELLO


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bellokenneth88@yahoo.co.uk

FROM THE DESK OF KENNETH BELLO

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT/CREDIT MANAGER

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA.

PRIVATE EMAIL:bellokenneth222@jmail.co.za





Good Day,


With due esteem respect please I beg your pardon for

this unsolicited nature, it was out of desperation and

curiosity that made me to contact you.


To introduce myself, I am Mr. Kenneth Bello, I am the

personal accountant to Mr. John Cooper, a national of

your country, who used to work with one of the Biggest

Oil Servicing Company here in Nigeria, herein shall be

referred as my customer.


On the Thursday July 7, 2005 3:01 PM, my customer, his

wife {Lady Juliet and their two children {Rose and

Dan} were involved in a Three blasts rocked the London

subway and one tore open a packed double-decker bus

during the morning rush hour Thursday when they went

for vaction, sending bloodied victims fleeing in what

a shaken Prime Minister Tony Blair called "barbaric"

terrorist attacks. A U.S. law enforcement official

said at least 40 people were killed and London

hospitals reported more than 300 injured,

unfortunately, him and his family were victims that

lost their lives.



Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any

of my customer, extended relatives, this has also

proved unsuccessful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided

to track his last name over the Internet, to locate

any member of his family or any close name to his,

hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to assist

in repatriating the money and property left behind by

my client before they get liquidate or declare it

unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits

were lodged, union Bank of Nigeria, where the deceased

had his account valued precisely to be USD$15M

(Fifteen Million United States Dollars).


The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of

kin or have the account liquidated within the next

twenty one official working days.


Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to

stand in as the next of kin to, so that the fruits of

this old man's labor will not get into the hands of

some group of corrupt government officials who will

get rid of the money and share it for their own

selfish interest and greed.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the

relatives for over 3 weeks now, I seek your prompt

consent to present you as the next of kin of the

deceased since no body is coming for the funds so that the

proceeds of this account valued at USD$15M can be paid

to you and then you and I can share the money

according to any agreed ratio.


All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us

see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be

executed under legitimate arrangement that will

protect you from any breach of the law.


Looking forward to your response in this my private

email address: bellokenneth222@jmail.co.za


Truly yours,


Mr. Kenneth Bello



- Kenneth Bello


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