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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: "james bakeh" <james_bakeh09@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:00:36 +0100
Subject: Your Response Needed Please!!!

FROM: MR. James Bakeh
14, Cameroon House, Wyndham Road,
Camber well,S.E.5 OUJ London UK.


I am Mr. James Bakeh of the above address,a British citizen and I am 43
years of age. I am

married with three kids, I work with a Finance Company here in London,I got
to get your

contact details through the Global Personality Directory available here in
the British

Chambers.

I am the accounting officer of Mr. Nelson Owen who died on the recent bomb
blast which

occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.

Mr. Nelson Owen who was our Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 left
the sum of Seven

Million one Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars
($7,120.000.00) for deposit,

this Amount was yet to be credited in his favour before he died on the
recent bomb blast in

London and he had no wife or child before he died and no relative known to
our Finance house

as no one was stated as the next of kin in all the account opening
documents.

I am contacting you to act as my partner[who I can repose trust on after
signing memorandum

of understanding]to enable us establish you as the deceased next of Kin
known to our Finance

House which will enable the deposited funds be released to you as all
document will be

carefully procured from the UK probate registry.

These funds are contained in a box tagged XP41/02 deposited in the vault of
an independent

security company here in the United Kingdom.

You are requested to kindly fill the form below and return back to me to
enable the complete

procedure to be effected and you stated as the deposited funds beneficiary.

You will get 20% of the total deposited funds for your cooperation and
partnership in this

transaction while myself and my colleagues involved will share 70%.

Note that all the process involved in this transaction have been mapped out
and the

transaction is risk free.

Once the funds are in your safe custody I will meet you to get our share
while you retain

yours and I will also request your assistance in investing my share in your
country's stock

market and real property investment.

The name of the Finance and Security Company and all relevant
information/documents vital in

getting you established as the next of kin based on a letter of
administration/probate order

from the relevant agencies will be given to you when you respond through my
private e-mail

addresses below;

Email:jbakeh@netscape.net

or;
james_bakeh02@hotmail.co.uk

Personal Tel:+44-7024064503

Treat with utmost confidentiality.

Yours trully,

MR. James Bakeh

PERSONAL DATA

FULL NAMES:________________________________________

GENDER____________________________________________

DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________

NATIONALITY: _______________________________________

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: ___________________________

ADDRESS:____________________________________

TELEPHONE/Fax NUMBER:________________________________

OCCUPATION:________________________________________

POSITION HELD:______________________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________

_________________________________________________________________
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