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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: eloka peters <elokap08@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: elokap2010@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 06:55:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FAVOUR


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: elokap08@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,


I am ELOKA PETERS,the Bank's Accountant, Foreign Exchange

and Treasury Bills Department.


In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of

$5.5m(five million Five hundred thousand US dollars) in an

account that belongsto our Late customer MR. MORRISON

THOMSON who died in a plane crash on Alaska Airlines

flight 261 returning from a vacation in


Mexico killing all on board.you can read more on the site

below:


http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list


This proposal to you is to release the money to you as the

next of kin or Business Partner to the desease for safety

and subsequent Since we got information about his death,

the bank have been expecting his Next Of kin to come over

and claim his money because we cannot release it unless

somebody applies for it as next of kin or relative to the

deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.


But unfortunately, we learnt that Morris died alongside

with his Next Of kin, his wife, Thelma, and his daughter

Sheryl, who passed on with him at the plane crash leaving

nobody behind for the claim.


It is therefore upon this discovery that I and the my

partner decided to place you as the Next Of kin to the

deceased.


The Required information are your names in full safe

contact Address Home or


office private cell phone number date of birth occupation

and banking information, now that no one is coming for it

as we do not want this money to go into the Governments

treasury as unclaimed.


Honesty and Trust is our watchward,and for your

assistance,we have humbly marped out 30% to you for

providing an account, 10% will be set aside for expenses

incured on both side during the business and 60% will be

for us.


Thereafter, I and my Partner will visit your country for

disbursement according to the percentages indicated above.

For the smooth and immediate transfer of this fund to you

as arranged.


It is important to let you know that your willing

application will be forwarded to a Lawyer/Adviser who will

procure all the documents/paper works in your favour as

the Next Of Kin Beneficiary and present it to the Bank for

expedite actions.


I count on your assistance in this business remain bless.


Best Regards.


ELOKA PETERS



- eloka peters


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