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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: "alahaji" <alahajihamzaki@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 21:28:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF Dr,ABULAHI WOUNDER(URGENCY)


































FROM THE DESK OF:Dr,ABULAHI WOUNDERCHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER ATTENTION: I AM ABULAHI WOUNDER, THE CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER OF A BANK.THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF OUR BANK ISOVER($48,000,000.00 (Fourty Eight million US DOLLARS)AND THE CURRENT ASSETS OF OUR BANK IS RELATIVELY LIQUID RESOURCES. THIS CATEGORIES INCLUDES CASH,INVESTMENTS INMARKETABLE SECURITIES, RECEIVABLE,INVENTORIES ANDPREPAID EXPENSES. IN RECENT YEARS THEANNAUL REVENUE OF OUR BANK HAS EXCEEDED TO US$100.000(ONE HUNDRED THOUSEND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)AND MY RESPONSIBITY IS FOR ME TO MAINTAINADEQUATEMONETARYINTERNAL CONTROL,CONTROLLING THE BANK CASH POSITION,BUDGETTING AND FOR THE PREPARATION OF ACCOUNTINGRECORDS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT.THE NUMBER OF CAPITAL SHARES WHICH HAS BEEN ISSUED FORTHE YEAR 2005 IS UNDER MY JURISDICTION IS US$300,000AND THE OUTSTANDING SHARE THAT IS PRESENTLY UNDER MY CONTROL AND SUPERVISION ISUS$2,000,000,000.00 (TWO BILLION UNITED STATESDOLLARS).WE ARE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR
2006 AND INEED A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER THAT WILL ASSIST ME TO TRANSFER THEFUND INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT. I HAVE MANAGERIAL CONECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEMONEY IS TRANSFERED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT BYELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER.I NEED THE FOLLOWING BANKING INFORMATION:1. THE NAME OF YOUR BANK2. THE BANK ADDRESS3. THE BANK ACCOUNT4. THE BANK ROUTING/SWIFT CODE5. THE BANK BENEFICIARY6. YOUR COMPANY NAMEWITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION, I WILL GET AN APPROVALTHAT WILL HELP TO MAKE THE PAYMENT OF US$68,MILLION USDOLLARS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AND THISWILL ONLY TAKE US 14 BANKING WORKING DAYS TO EXECUTIVETHIS FINANCIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFITBOTH PARTIES. WE HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE FUND ASFOLLOW: 25% WILL BE GIVING TO YOU HAS THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNTWHERE THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER AND 65% WILL BE FOR MEAND 10% FOR VALUE ADDED TAX THAT WILL BE REQUIRED BYYOUR BANK OFFICIAL.THE BANK WILL SEND YOU VALID CONCRETE AUTHORIZATIONDOCUMENT AND TELEX CONFIRMATION WILL BE
SEND TO YOURBANK AND FOR YOU TO VARIFY FROM YOUR BANK AS SOON ASTHE FUND HIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.I WILL BE EXPRECTING YOUR URGENT COMPLIANCE AND FEEDBACK.GET BACK WITH MY PRIVET EMAIL ADDRESS ROBBORT23@YAHOOMAIL.COM.YOURS TRULY,Dr,ABULAHI WOUNDER

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