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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: "mike edozie" <mikeedozie011@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmikeedozie1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:25:48 +0000
Subject: LETS US WORK TOGETHER.

Hello Friend,

I am Mr. Mike Edozie, the accounting officer to late Mr. Michael
Ginger, a national of your country, who used to work with shell
development company in Nigeria and as well a one time secret agent in
transferring of money overseas for the Late head of state of Nigeria
{Late Gen.SANI ABACHA}.

Before his death On the 21st of April 1999 [my client, his wife and
their three cildren were involved in a car accident along sagbama
express road in which all the occupants of vehicle die}. My client
deposited as family belongings in a CONSIGNMENT {iejewelries} valued
the sum of US$32.5m in Diamond Bank Plc, Lagos-Nigeria for himself, with the
hope of transferring it to his country as soon as he is on leave. Since his
death I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives but this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Bank where these Consignment (Money)
were Deposited.

Particularly, the Diamond Bank Plc, where the deceased Deposited the
Consignment valued at about Thrity-Two million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over four
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of
this Consignments-(Money) valued at US$32.5m can be claimed by you and
shared between us in the ratio of 40% to me and 60% to you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this dealt through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.

Note that it does not necessarily matter, whether you are biologically
related to the deceased or not. The fact that your name has something
to do with his, is an express ticket to your assuming the kinship to
the deceased. As you can bear with me, a next of kin to one, may be a
Parent,Sister,Brother, Close Relative, Associate, Friend or even a
Well-wisher. So,whether you are related to him or not is never a
barrier to your kinship in the transaction.

Contact me with this email address: mrmikeedozie1@yahoo.com
mrmikeedozie2@yahoo.com
With best regards,

MR. MIKE EDOZIE.

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