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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: "jerry ajayi" <j.ajayi20@rediffmail.com>
Date: 10 Nov 2006 20:46:46 -0000
Subject: Re:BUSINESS ENQUIRY


Dear Sir,
I am Mr.&nbsp; JERRY AJAYI, Head Corporate Finance, UNION BANK, Lagos-Nigeria.
All I will want you to do will be for you to allow me present you as the next of kin to late Engineer Manfred Becker and have the funds transferred to you.
I have been the ACCOUNTS officer/manager of late Engineer Manfred Becker’s deposit and have carefully and closely followed the developments since his sudden death through motor accident.
Nobody has formally shown up as next of kin to Engineer Manfred Becker’s and the Bank has tried to no avail to locate any person related to him. I have masterfully concluded arrangement to transfer the said money Abroad as I have successfully moved the enabling file to my private vault.
The arrangement and the subsequent transfer of the funds to you will not portend any risk as all the arrangement have been perfected and the necessary documents put in place.
All I require from you now are :
1.&nbsp;Your address and telephone number.2.&nbsp;Your bank account coordinates.3.&nbsp;Your assurance and confirmation that you can maintain confidentiality on the transaction and that the funds will be safe and secured with you after conclusion.
The amount involved is US$7.7 million and you shall be entitled to 20% of the funds after conclusion.
Upon your reply of this mail, I shall give you my private telephone number to enable us discuss on phone for further clarification. I shall give you more details about the transaction upon your reply.
Regards,
Mr.&nbsp; JERRY AJAYI.
NOTE: PLEASE REPLY TO: jeryajy@123mail.cl

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