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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?uzoma=20kudirat?= <uzoma_kudirat@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: kudirat_mike@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:25:08 +0530 (IST)
Subject: urgent letter


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

Dear Sir

I am Mrs Kudirat, the personal Attorney To late Mr. Roland Town, a

national of your country, who lived here in AFRICA.

On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their only one child

wereinvolved in a car accident, unfortunately all occupants of the vehicle lost

there lives.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and

property left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared

unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposit was lodged.(CITIBANK NIG

LTD)


Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at

about (11 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin

or have the account Confiscated within the next few working days.Since I have

been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my late client, I now seek your

consent to present you as the next of kin Of the deceased, since you bear the

same surname with him, so that the Proceeds of this account valued

at (11 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you.


If you agree, we can discuss your percentage. I have all necessary

Legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require

is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee

that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement That will protect you

from any breach of the law. Note that we have gotten the reference number of

the payment as CIB/345/FMC-0. ON FILE NUMBERFMF-800/140/05.


Finally, please indicate your full interest and willingness to do this business

with me by sending to me your direct telephone and fax numbers for easy

Communication, your full name and address, with a good bankinginformation

.Waiting for your urgent response.

please reply through email


kudirat_tofa@yahoo.com



Best Regards,

Mrs Kudirat



- uzoma kudirat


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