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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: mikeilo@microcamp.com.br
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:18:22 -0200
Subject: REPLY ME




MR MIKE ILOFOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.UNION BANK. My name is MR.MIKE
ILO  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 thisletter.Kindly send me an e-mail
signifying your interest including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication. Yours faithfully,MR MIKE ILO


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Microcamp

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