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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: "kolade fedianad" <fedianadha@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: charlesroberston@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 08:50:26 -0500
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

GOOD DAY,
I AM MR FEDINAND KOLADE, THE DIRECTOR OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA (UBN)
WEST AFRICA.

FIRSTLY, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONCERN AND HELP IN THIS BUSINESS
PROPOSAL,THERE IS AN AMOUNT OF MONEY ACRUED IN OUR BANK DUE TO THE CONTRACT
WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AWARDED OUR BANK, WHICH IS TO PAY ALL THE
CONTRACTORS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE AMENDMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES
AND ROADS.

AFTER PAYING ALL THIS CONTRACTORS SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY ACRUED WHICH IS
8.5000000 (EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS).DUE TO MY POSITION
AS THE DIRECTOR IN THIS BANK I CAN NOT RETAIN THE MONEY TO MYSELF. ALL I
NEED YOU TO DO IS TO CLAIM THIS FUND AS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN THE RECONTRUCTION AND AMENDMENT OF THE ROAD AND BRIDGES.

WE WILL ARRANGE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WILL MAKE YOU THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF
THE FUND AND MY BANK WILL TRANSFER THE FUND INTO YOUR NORMINATED ACCOUNT, AS
THE DIRECTOR I WILL SUPPORT YOU AND AFTER THE FUND IS BEEN TRANSFERED INTO
YOUR ACCOUNT WE WILL NOW SHARE IT ACCORDINGLY WHICH SHOULD BE 40% FOR YOU,
50% FOR ME THEN 10% FOR ALL THE EXPENSES THAT WILL ACRUED ON THE PROCESS OF
GETTING THIS FUND TRANSFERED TO YOU.

I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE AND
ALSO YOU MUST KEEP IT TO YOUR SELF FOR SECURITY REASONS AND ALSO FOR SELF
DEFENCE BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHO WANT YOUR PROGRESS OR DOWN FALL IN THIS
GLOBAL WORLD OF OURS, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS FUND
TRANSFER, ONCE YOU CO-OPERATE WITH ME IN LESS THAN 14 WORKING DAYS THE FUND
WILL BE TRANSFERED TO YOU.
ALL I REQUIRE ARE AS FOLLOWS
(1) YOUR FULL NAME.
(2) YOUR FULL RESIDENTIL ADDRESS.
(3) YOUR IDENTITY CARD OR DRIVERS LICENSE.
(4) YOUR FULL CO-OPERATION IN THIS FUND TRANSFER.
PLEASE GET BACK TO ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL:f_kolade@yahoo.com AND WE WILL
PROCEED IMMEDIATELY ON THIS TRANSFER.
WITH WARM REGARDS
FEDINAND KOLADE
(UBN WEST AFRICA.)

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