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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: IBRU CHALIES <chaliesibru1969@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:57:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: i want you to trust me as i trusted you




Hello ,Amarjit Singh
Thank you very much for your mail and I hope that everything is okay with you?This transaction is legal and has no international implications and nobody will knows it is a deal apart from you and myself. The late Mr. Richard Peterson has no relative or next of kin and no will. It is the duty of my department in this bank to find out such information. Before deciding to contact you, I have done extensive and comprehensive search about Mr. Richard Peterson about this matter and convinced myself that he has no relative, or next of kin and no will and of course before he died suddenly.
There is no need for you to either have fear or doubt as all modalities has been put in place to see that we successful complete this transaction with out any hitch,I have to let you know that as we proceed further you will see documents/proof of this transaction as real. Bear in mind that your interest will be protected during and after the successful completion of this transaction. While waiting for your responses do see that you do not go about discussing this matter with people as secrecy will see us through with out any problem, Should there be any need for expenses we shall both work out better modalities to tackle such issue, however I don’t see that as an obstacle.

The bank depends on my report in dealing with the money left in Mr. Richard Peterson's Bank Account. So what I want to do is to present you as the next of kin of the late Mr. Richard Peterson. This will make you the sole beneficiary of the balance of the late Mr. Richard Peterson bank account and the money will be released to you. I will also arrange to meet you personally to collect my own share of the money after you must have received it in your nominated bank account in Uganda.

For the purpose of this transaction, I want you to please provide me with your full name and address, your private telephone to ensure I do the necessry paper work inside the bank and to email you the comprehensive detail and precedure on how we will bring this transaction to success.

The most important thing is for you to please keep all information concerning this transaction absolutely confidential and I assure you that this transaction will be successfully concluded between one to two weeks.

I am waiting to hear from you with the above information.And this is my phone number 2348037075620 you can call me on this line.

Sincerely yours,

chalies ibru





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