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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: Kunle Idris <kunleidris74@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kunle_idris2000@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 23:35:30 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL



UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (U.B.A) HEAD QUATERS57 MARINA STREET LAGOSNIGERIA.TEL:+234-8022273491 Dear Friend, I am Mr. Kunle Idris, Manager United Bank For Africa(U.B.A) I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you that should be handled with extreme confidentiality. On January 12, 1997 a Consultant and contractor with the African petroleum (AP) Mr. Bunten Wendy by name made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$18.5M (Eighteen million five hundred thousand United States Dollars Only) in my branch. Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank Policies to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month we Sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers African Petroleum (AP) that Mr. Bunten Wendy died in the Korean Air Flight {801}, which crashed in Guam, on August 6, 1997.(View site below for more details) http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list On further investigation, we found out that he died without making a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I Therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Bunten Wendy did not declare any next of kin or relations in his entire official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$18.5M has been carefully moved out of my bank to a Financial and Security Company for safekeeping. No one will ever come
forward to claim it and according to the Law of My country, at the expiration of 10 years the money will revert to the Ownership of the Nigerian Government, if nobody applies to claim the Fund. We decided to contact you to assist me receive his money for safe Keeping and investments on his behalf as everything will be taken over by the government as provided in section 129 sub 63(N), Africa Banking
Edit of 1961.This prompted us to contact you. We want to front you as the next of kin of our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary of the sum of $18.5 million U.S Dollars that is presently in a Financial and Security Company. I contacted you because it is against the civil service code of ethics to own and operate foreign accounts and your assistance would be needed to claim the money in the Financial and Security Company The Transaction is 100% legal and totally free of risks as all modalities
has been perfected to ensure the hitch free success of the transaction. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingnessto assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and Transfer all the rights of ownership of this fund to your name to Facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to
Your country. You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation. If you are interested, send all possible suggestions and interest to it to reply as soon as possible so that we can proceed. 1. Your Full names / home address.2. Your Age and Sex3. Your private telephone/fax numbers. 4. Your Bank Account details. 5. your Occupation. 6. Any form of your identification such as international passport or
Driver's license. I await your response urgently. Yours Faithfully, Mr.Kunle Idris Manager(U.B.A)
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