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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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Fraud email example:

From: "patrick olayele"<federal_100@myway.com>
Reply-To: patrick_olayele02@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:45:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear Sir/Ma


MILLS OF NIGERIA PLC. MF 0488822. RC 2343 2OLD DOCK ROAD, APAPA, LAGOS STATEEamil(patrick_olayele02@yahoo.com) Dear Sir/Ma My name is Mr. Patrick Olayele Akinkuotu ,i am a banking at law and i work as consultants for a whole lot of private pensioners who from time to time want a very reliable way of investing their funds in retirement,i consider Afribank Nigeria Plc a very stable economy considering its economic track records, relatively low level of inflation and banking policies,i will appreciate a more detailed profile of your organisation and the feasiblity study of the business in question which must be included in your business plan,i will await your response immediately in other to enable me initiate the process of securing a partnership for you. Particularly, the finance house where the deceased had an account valued at about 28.2 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official working
days. since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 4years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $28.2 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require,I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.{1}. YOUR FULL NAME.{2}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS.{3}. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER.{4}. YOUR IDhttp://www.afribank.com/md2.htmAll I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me by my secured and confidential e-mail addressor the above stated private telephone numbers to enable us discuss further.Best Regards.Mr. Patrick Olayele Akinkuotu

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