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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: "Victor Falana" <victor_falana@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: victor_falana@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 10:28:07 +0000
Subject: Good day

From the desk of,
Mr. Victor Falana,
Global security &Investment Ltd.;
Lagos-Nigeria.
Email: victor_falana@yahoo.com

Date: 07/10/2006

Dear Friend,

Firstly, I sincerely apologize for breaking into your privacy, however
I
have decided to contact you through this medium due to the urgencyof
this
proposed business transaction. I got your contact over theInternet
during my
search for assistance in this mutual beneficialbusiness transaction.

I must firstsolicit your strictest confidentiality in thistransaction.
This
is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIALand ldblquote
TOP
SECRET dblquote . Though I know that a transaction ofthis magnitude
will
make any one apprehensive and worried, considering thefact that we have
not
met each other before, but I am assuring you thatall will be well at
the end
of the day.

I am an accountant with Global security & Investment Ltd., My nameis
Mr. Victor Falana. I am the Personal Account officer to Engineer.
Andrew Jordan, a
National of your country, who is a contractor with theDEPARTMENT OF
PETROLEUM RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Herein aftershall be
referred to
as my client On 30 JAN 2000,my client, his wifeand their three children
were
involved in the Kenya Airways flight withregistration number 5Y-BEN
which
departed from Nairobi to destinationLagos and all the passengers
on-board
and the flight crew, including hisfamily died in this fatal aircrashon
30
JAN 2000.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my
clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence Icontacted
you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left
behind by my client before they get confiscated ordeclared
unserviceable by
the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the Global
security & Investment Ltd.,Where the deceased had an account valued at
about
($10 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or
have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over
2years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued at ($10 Million USDollars) can
be
paid to you and then you and I can share the money 50% to me and 40% to
you.
While 10% for unforeseen bottle necks we mightincure in this
transaction an
attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize all the
necessary legal documents that can beused to back up any claim we may
make.

To commence this transaction, I require you to immediately indicateyour
interest by a return e-mail through my private email address:(
victor_falana@yahoo.com)and enclose your private contact telephone
&
fax numbers, full names & address to enable the process of
this transaction in
your favor and to effect the necessary approvals.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see thisdeal
through.
Iguarantee that this will be executed under alegitimate arrangement
that
will protect you and I from anybreach of thelaw.

Please I await your possitive response to enable us discuse further.

Best regards,
Mr. Victor Falana

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