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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: kunlewu@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:14:54 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?REPLY=20ASAP=21?=

FROM THE DESK OF,
Mr Usman Galadima,
AUDIT MANAGER,
UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC,
STALLION PLAZA LGS.
Reply to: usman.galadima@yahoo.com

Dear Friend ,

Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is
my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project
request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not
come to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.

I am Mr Usman Galadima,the Auditing and Accounting Unit,Foreign Operations
Department Union Bank Of Nig, PLC. I have an urgent and confidential business
proposal for you. On June 6, 2002, an Australlian oil consultant/contractor
with via National Petroleum cooperation (NNPC) Late Engr. Steve Moore made
a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calenderer month valued at (Fiften
Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in my branch. On maturity, I sent
a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply after months
we send a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employee
(Nigeria national petroleum Corporation) that Late Engr.Steve Moore died
from an
automobile accident. On further investigation, it was clear that he died
without making a will. All attempts by the Australian to trace his next
of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Late Engr. Steve
Moore did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents
including his deposit document in my bank. The total
sum of(Fiften Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) is still in my bank
as dormant acct. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to
Nigerian banking law, after ten years, the money will revert to the ownership
of the Nigerian Government. If the account owner is certified death and
nobody comes forward to claim it.

This is the situation ,and my proposal is that I am looking for a foreigner
who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin. This is simple. All you
have to do is to immediately send me the details of a bank account anywhere
in the world for me to arrange the proper money transfer document. The money
will then be transferred into the account for us to share in the ration
of 60% for me 30% for you while the remaining 10% will be set aside for
expenses incurred within here and there.

There is no risk involved. I am using my position and connection in the
bank here to do all the document work for the transaction. We shall employ
the services of an attorney to draft the will and obtain all necessary documents
and letter of administration in your fovour for the transfer. This transaction
is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested, please reply immediately
confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction could be most
profitable for both of us.

Best regards,
Mr Usman Galadima.
I am looking forward to your reply. ALLAH bless you






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