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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 razik" <jamesorazik077@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:37:41 -0400
Subject: URGENT

Hello,

This proposal may come as a suprise to you since we have not met.I am Mr
James O Razik,a member and the chief purchasing officer of the board of
Africa Relief Fund(ARF)Agency.Having consulted with my colleagues,it is with
trust and confident,i have the privilege to request for your urgent
assistance to transfer the sum of fifteen million united state
dollars(US$15.000.000.00)into a secured bank account abroad.The above amount
resulted from an over-invoiced contract amount executed,commissioned with
Africa relief fund (ARF),and paid for about two years ago by a foreign
supplier.

This action was intentional and since then the fund has been in the suspence
account of (ARF).This Agency was empowered to administer trust fund well
over five hundred million united state dollars ($500,000,000,00) for the
provision of relief materials to war troubled spots in west africa
sub-region, we are presently in Lome, Republic of Togo our head office, we
expected to stay about two months here before we move to any other country
to provid relief materials to the affected victims.We are now ready to
transfer the fund ($15,000,000,00)overseas for our personal business
investment, and that is where your assitance is needed.

The simple mode of operation is just for us to apply for the release of the
fund in your name/company and you will serve among the foreign contractors
that supplied welfare materials to us.We will arrange all the legal needful
documents in your name to back up this claim.Some of these countries below
have benefited from the materials supplied since some years
back,Sierra-leone, Liberia,Democratic Republic of Congo,Nigeria bomb blast
affected victims,Guinea Bissau etc.The materials supplied are Clothing of
various kinds,Blankets,Rice, Soya beans,Milk,Sugar, Salt, Drugs, Footwears.
etc.

Please if you are capable of working this project with us get back to me
quickly via this email:jamesorazik@yahoo.com,and also forward the
underlisted requirements to enable us facilitate and secure the payment
approval for immidiate remittance of the fund into any of your
norminated account which you may provid.(1)Your full name, Address, company
name [if any]and Your Private Telephone.Preferebly, open a new checking Bank
account for this transaction or if you have a trusted checking account
already we can use it, preferable a corporate account will be of advantage
so that there will be no question when the fund enters your account. The
total sum ($15,000,000,00) will be shared as follows.25% for you, 70% for us
and 5% will be used to pay back for any expenses incured in the course of
consummating this deal.

This deal is 100% risk free on both sides,all parties involved will be very
much protected by a silent but active agreement whose greatest tent will be
confidentiality.(FOR SECURITY,PLEASE DO NOT DISCLOSE THE
NATURE OF THIS DEAL TO ANYBODY)

We need just 2 weeks to complete this deal as soon as we get your possitive
response.

Kind Regards

James O. Razik
Hello,

This proposal may come as a suprise to you since we have not met.I am Mr
James O Razik,a member and the chief purchasing officer of the board of
Africa Relief Fund(ARF)Agency.Having consulted with my colleagues,it is with
trust and confident,i have the privilege to request for your urgent
assistance to transfer the sum of fifteen million united state
dollars(US$15.000.000.00)into a secured bank account abroad.The above amount
resulted from an over-invoiced contract amount executed,commissioned with
Africa relief fund (ARF),and paid for about two years ago by a foreign
supplier.

This action was intentional and since then the fund has been in the suspence
account of (ARF).This Agency was empowered to administer trust fund well
over five hundred million united state dollars ($500,000,000,00) for the
provision of relief materials to war troubled spots in west africa
sub-region, we are presently in Lome, Republic of Togo our head office, we
expected to stay about two months here before we move to any other country
to provid relief materials to the affected victims.We are now ready to
transfer the fund ($15,000,000,00)overseas for our personal business
investment, and that is where your assitance is needed.

The simple mode of operation is just for us to apply for the release of the
fund in your name/company and you will serve among the foreign contractors
that supplied welfare materials to us.We will arrange all the legal needful
documents in your name to back up this claim.Some of these countries below
have benefited from the materials supplied since some years
back,Sierra-leone, Liberia,Democratic Republic of Congo,Nigeria bomb blast
affected victims,Guinea Bissau etc.The materials supplied are Clothing of
various kinds,Blankets,Rice, Soya beans,Milk,Sugar, Salt, Drugs, Footwears.
etc.

Please if you are capable of working this project with us get back to me
quickly via this email:jamesorazik@yahoo.com,and also forward the
underlisted requirements to enable us facilitate and secure the payment
approval for immidiate remittance of the fund into any of your
norminated account which you may provid.(1)Your full name, Address, company
name [if any]and Your Private Telephone.Preferebly, open a new checking Bank
account for this transaction or if you have a trusted checking account
already we can use it, preferable a corporate account will be of advantage
so that there will be no question when the fund enters your account. The
total sum ($15,000,000,00) will be shared as follows.25% for you, 70% for us
and 5% will be used to pay back for any expenses incured in the course of
consummating this deal.

This deal is 100% risk free on both sides,all parties involved will be very
much protected by a silent but active agreement whose greatest tent will be
confidentiality.(FOR SECURITY,PLEASE DO NOT DISCLOSE THE
NATURE OF THIS DEAL TO ANYBODY)

We need just 2 weeks to complete this deal as soon as we get your possitive
response.

Kind Regards

James O. Razik

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