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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: oba mordi <obamordi21@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: obamordi1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:48:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Next of Kin


MR. OBI MOORE
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
UNION BANK.

alternate email: obamoore@myway.com

alternate email: obamoore@myway.com


Dear Sir/Madam

My name is Mr. Obi Moore of credit and foreign bills of
Union bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign
customer of my bank with account
number14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash
[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers
aboard on August 6,1997. Since the demise of this our
customer by name Barry Kelly I personally has watched
with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has
proved abortive as none has come to claim his funds of
usd.15.5M, [Fifteen million five hundred thousand
united states dollars] which has been with my branch
for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek
for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as
no one has come up to be the next of kin.And the
banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay
more than five years, because money will be recalled
to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade
journal after realizing that your name and country is
similar to the deceased. I will give you 30% of the
total.Upon the receipt of your response, I will send
you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax
number and the next step to take. I will not fail to
bring to your notice that this business is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for fund transfer can be finalized with in
five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a
relation to the deceased.When you receive this
letter.Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
interest including your private Tel/Fax numbers for
quick communication.

Yours faithfully,
MR. OBI MOORE




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