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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr steven" <steveken2@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:40:59 -0600
Subject: I guarantee you that everything will go througt legal procedures of
the law


Dear Sir/Madam,


I am Mr.Steve Okolie, a banker with the LLOYDS PRIVATE BANKING LTD
london,I am the personal Account Manager to late mr. Adams Thompson ,Who is an international businessman. Mr Adams, his wife and three children were involved in Tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka which took place on the 26th December 2004.Though he traveled for the Christmas holiday were he met his death. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After several Unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to trace his Relatives over the Internet to locate
any member of his family but of no avail, hence my contacting you.

I am therefore soliciting your assistance to help Transfer the money
left behind by my client before they are confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and
fianacial regulation, the money will revert to the ownership of the British
Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the funds
within certain period. Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as
the next of kin so that both of us will benefit from it and also donate
certain portion of the fund to all victims of the Tsunami disasters through
humanitarian Organization. My client has an equivalent of about £10M
pounds (Ten Million pounds) deposited with the bank.

The money will be shared,50% for me, 40% for you and 5% for the
Tsunami disasters victims , while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your
government may require.An attorney will be contracted to help us
revalidated and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim, All I require is your honest cooperation to enable
us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Please get in touch with me through this my private email
address:steveken_41@yahoo.it
If you are interested in this business and also give me a call through
my private telephone number #447031846935 immediately you receive this
mail for further discussion.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Steve Okolie
Tel #447031846935

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