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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: "chanbangu jecob" <chanbangujecob2004@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:53:03 +0200
Subject: RE:Reply

I want to thank you very much for your reply to my proposal letter seeking
your kind assistance to relocate the fund into your nominated bank account.

I appreciate your acceptance to do business with me and promise that I shall
do all within my power to realize our objective as arranged in the most and
quickest possible time. I want you to know that it will involve dedication
and honesty from your part to make sure that we conclude this transaction in
the shortest time. I wanted to contact you on telephone but you did not
include your telephone number in your reply.

As a matter of fact, I sincerely believe that this transfer will bring a
lasting relationship between you, my humble self and our families.

To ensure that the transaction becomes successful, there is two alternative,
it will involve you to travel down to South Africa to open a non- residence
account where the fund will be deposited before onward transfer to your
account, Secondly we can arrange with the security company to move the box
out of Africa South to the security company branch offices in Dubai for you
to travel to retrieve the box.

For we to proceed I will need all the below information for me to make you
the next-of-kin to the deposit, this will makes you the legal owner of this
consignment and I will change all the documents relating to the fund to your
name as the foreign business partner to the depositor in the data base of
the security company system.

The information are:-

*Your full names
*your private phone and fax number for easy communications.
* Your Resident or office Address
*Your company name and your position in your company.

With the above information I will start the processing which will take only
two working days. Once the change of ownership is completed I will fax you
the entire document.

These are exactly what I want from you as my partner and I will like you to
study all the alternatives and come up with your consideration so that I can
give you all the execution arrangements, which I have put in place for the
smooth and speedy completion of the operation. Apart from these, all other
arrangements are already in place. I am a God fearing person and I will like
to deal with some one who is God fearing and I sincerely believe that you
have the fear of God in you because we will try to apply it into our
relationship.

Bear in mind that after we have successfully completed this transaction, you
will take your 40% which I promise to offer you for your assistance, I will
also want to assist to invest the remaining fund.

Once again, I want to use this singular opportunity to thank you for your
anticipated understanding of the things I expect from you. I will like you
to call me as soon as you get this mail for further discussion. You can
email me your private telephone number so that I can also contact you.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. Chanbangu Jecob

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