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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: nelson samuel <nelsonsamuel11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drnelsonsamuel200@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:11:57 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST



ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT ECO INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC PLOT 2, AJOSE ADEOGUN STREET VICTORIA-ISLAND LAGOS-NIGERIA EMAIL: drnelsonsamuel2@yahoo.com Dear Friend, Re: Transfer of $18,000.000. (Eighteen Million US Dollars) We want to transfer to overseas {$18,000,000] Eighteen Million United States dollars from Eco International Bank Nig Plc.I would like to know if you will be capable and fit to Provide either an existing Bank account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, evenan empty account can serve to receive this money as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important businesstransaction. I am Dr Samuel Nelson Director of Accounts Department of Eco International Bank plc, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened with our Bank in 2000 and since 2002 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a heir hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account was Engr. Anthony Hamill, a national of your country an Industrialist. He died since 2002 and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,the account has no beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Engr. Anthony Hamill until his death was a Manager with an oil firm in Nigeria. I am contacting you as a foreigner because this Money can only be approved to a foreigner with a foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account Engr. Anthony Hamill is a foreigner. I am revealing all these information to you with the belief that you will never let me down in this business. You are the first and the only person I am contacting for the business so please reply urgently for me to tell you the next step to take. You should forward the following information: Your telephone/fax numbers and your Residential address, which is also needed. You will have to give me the assurance that when we meet, this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing and disbursement of the fund which will be 35% for your assistance, 60% will be for us while 5% will be set aside to take care of all the expenses that would be incurred by both parties during the course of the transfer. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal 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 alternative email (drnelsonsamuel2@yahoo.com) immediately you receive this letter for further clarifications. Yours faithfully, Dr. Samuel Nelson
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