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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 Larry Grahams" <larrygrahms5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: larrygrahams@myway.com
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:52:39 +0000
Subject: Remain blessed.

Dear Friend,

I Am Mr.Larry Grahams the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department Of my Bank Lagos Branch. I got your contact
from the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.
Although the details of my intention was not made known to them.
I have a very urgent & confidential Business Proposition for you &
for our overall mutual interest.

On the 6th of March 2001, our Customer, a Mexican National, late
Engr. Carlos Montoya, an Oil Merchant / Contractor with the Federal
Government of Nigeria, deposited ,a valued amount of US$9Million in
my branch.Upon maturity, i sent a routine notification to his forwarded
address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder, &
finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC, that late Engr.
Carlos Montoya until his death Four years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack
to American Airlines Flight 11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los
Angeles, California, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade
Centre (WTC) with 86 people on board. All occupants of the Aero
plane unfortunately lost their lives. On further investigation, I found
out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his Next of
kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that late Engr. Carlos Montoya did not declare any
Next of kin in all his official documents, including his bank deposit
paperwork.

This sum US$9Million is still floating in the bank and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No
one will come forward to claim it. According to NigerianLaws, at the
expiration of 7 years, the money will revert to the Ownership of the
Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as a Next of kin of late Engr. Carlos Montoya. This is
simple.

All I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
alegitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law. I will want you to send to me on your return email
the following information

for the transfer in your favor.
1. Your full names as the Beneficiary of the Fund.
2. Your contact address.
3. Your private phone and fax numbers we will be communicating to
each other and as soon as I received I will definitely call you.
Let’s consider that our ratio of sharing will be as stated Thus;
1. I as the Originator of the Fund will take 60% of the transferable
Fund.

2. You as the Manager of the Fund will take 40% of the transferable
Fund.
Most importantly, CONFIDENTAILITY as what I saw as the life wire to
the success of the transfer of this Fund must have to be emulated
between you and me. You have to use this media to promise me that
you will not in anyway expose the content of this transaction to anybody
be it your Friends, Colleagues and Co-Workers to enumerate a fee.
With the act of emulating CONFIDENTIALITY I tell you that the sky will be
our limit as soon as this Fund is transferred in our favor as you
the Beneficiary of the Fund.I will also want you to send your reply to
this email (larrygrahams@teenmail.co.za) as soon as you get this
mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and processes for
success of this transaction.Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and
understanding.

I wait for your kind response. Remain blessed.

Mr.Larry Grahams.

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