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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: "Mr. Mbalula Fikile" <mbalula1@lycos.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:05:11 +0100
Subject: Reply


Hi,

Please, apologies for using this medium to reach you.

My name is Mr. Mbalula Fikile, I am a south-African National, and I work as the Head of Logistic Dept to FIRST UNION SECURITY COMPANY here in London. I decided to contact you, to be my partner in business so as to help me raise capital to invest in a profitable business abroad. I have been working with (F.U.S.C) company for the past 6 years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous interest how African heads of states and government functionaries all over the world have been using FIRST UNION SECURITY COMPANY LTD to shift their money abroad.

They bring in, these Consignments of money and secretly declare the content as, precious stones, family treasure Etc. The late Mobutu Seseko of Zaire, the late Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo, Hakan Uzan of Turkey some company executives and government officials . These past heads of states, government officials and company directors have hundreds of consignments deposited with FIRST UNION SECURITY COMPANY. Their foreign partners, friends, and relatives, have claimed most of this consignments. A lot of them are still unclaimed for as much as 10years; nobody may ever come for them, because in most cases, the documents of deposit are never available to any body except the depositor, and most of them are dead. Since the inception of the 2006 millennium, FIRST UNION SECURITY COMPANY, management changed the policy/procedure of claims of consignments.
That as on as you are able to produce all the secret information as contained in the secret file of any Consignment, it will be released to you upon demand. The late Jonas Savimbi has over 7 Consignments, deposited with several names and codes. 4 of this consignment have been claimed in past (10) Ten months, after his Death in Angola. I have finished every arrangement as to the claim, for you to come and claim consignments, No.1201 containing $15 million Dollars and No.1202 containing $22 million Dollars, My plan is
to supply you with all the information and documents regarding the Deposit of the Consignment by Fax. Nobody will ever know I am involved in this deal in the company. I assure you that the business has been planned for 3 years now, and it is very secure.

Best Regards
Mr. Mbalula Fikile
Private contact: mbalula@lycos.co.uk



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