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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: "contact uz" <deende1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tunde_u@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:27:04 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE PLEASE

>From The Desk of Mr.U.Tunde.
Manager Oprations
FSB Security Finance Bank.
Lagos Nigeria.

I am Mr.U.Tunde Branch Manager FSB Security Finance Bank Lagos Nigeria, I
have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.A British
Oil consultant and contractor with the Kruger Gold Company,Mr. Raymond
Beck made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months,
valued at US$12,500,000.00 (Twelve Million ,five hundred thousand United
State Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.After a month, we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the
Kruger Gold Company that Mr. Raymond Beck died in a plane crash along with
his wife Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beck died in a plan crash along with his
wife in Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air crash (for more information about
this crash and the person, you can contact this website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since we got this information about his death and on further
investigation,I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that Mr. Raymond Beck did not declare any kin
or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$12,500,000.00 is still sitting in my
Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the
end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to
Laws of my land, at the expiration of 10 (ten) years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the (NIGERIA) Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the next of kin to Mr. Raymond Beck so that the fruits of this old
man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials.This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full
names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary
documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization
of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer into bank account in
any part of the world that you will provide.I will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork
for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the
Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.If
you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address
above or via my official email.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please
send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Please get in touch with me through my e-mail to enable us discuss further.
Thanks for your kind co-operation.



Regards,

Mr.U. Tunde.

N.B.

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