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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: Mr Oyema Neson <mrnesonoyemaprivate@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:57:44 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Cathy Breakspear


Dear Cathy ,


Thanks for your kind response regards to my proposal.

Please I want to inform you that this transaction have no risk ,I have already done every arrangement to the end and you will never witness any how question or treat as long as this transaction is concern, remember that I will be there with you including my wife and children because it is there that i will invest my own share as i will like you to be of a great help to me to the end ,Because I know that with your assistance there I can invest into any moveable business and I will live there with my family ,so please remove a way any negative thought regarding this transaction , if you ever have problem ,hold me responsible , this is me and that is me, with my age today, I can not involve in any thing that will give me problem in life because my children are so important to me ,

What I was saying in my first proposal to you of which i know you understood me.I have been managing the said account for a period of years after the discovery of this funds during auditing excercise as I stated in my first proposal as the account manager after the real owner died and ever since the death of the owner of the account NO ONE have come for the claim of this funds and right now the bank is willing to convert this funds to the security funds of the bank as this is with the allied matters of the bank that if funds stay unclaimed for some certain period of years it would be converted to the bank security account.

So it is based on this that i have contacted you so that we can use this opportunity to claim this money instead of the bank converting it to the bank security account that is why I am here as the account officer after perfecting my homework in regards to this deal willing to give you all viable informations and guidlines that you will forward to the bank and the bank will approve this funds for payment into the account that you will norminate, So you should not nurse any atom of fear in this deal as all underground work has been put in place.

Also I will be very glad to bring to your notice that this deal has been programmed to be concluded within 7 banking days starting from the day you will submitt application form to the bank and as such we will not be tolerating any delay from your side,and i expect you to send your contact informations and phone to me for easy communication in return mail.

To commence this deal we will be forwarding to you the text of application that you will fill and send to bank for necessary approval of the said funds officially as the real next of kin of the late deceased. I will be very glad if you will treat this with all the maturity and confidentiality it all deserves as we are all still working in this bank and intend to retire at the successful execution of this deal which we believe you will handle perfectly as we all hope on you believing you would not betray the trust repose on your person after reading your mail.

Hoping to hearing from you soon.

Remain Blessed
Regards

Mr Nelson Oyema,
00228 997 1147.



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