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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: abba_michea@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:03:52 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Very=20Urgent=20And=20Confidential?=

From: Mr Abba Micheal
Address: #8 Mitchley Road Tottenham London N17 9HG
Occupations: External Auditor

Hello,


Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your
personal ethics although, I wish to use this medium to get
in touch with you first because it's fastest means. I am an
extenal auditor of a well known Bank here in the United
Kingdom.

In one of our periodic auditing I discorved a dormant
accounts with holding balance of 52,000,000 (Fifty Two
Million British Pounds) which has not been operated for the
past three years. From my investigations and confirmations,
the owner of this account, a foreigner by name Mr.Gregory
B.Wilson died in plane crash in July 19,2003 and since then
nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this
money because he has no family members who are aware of the
existence of neither the account nor the funds.

I have secretly discussed this matter with a top senior
minister official of the federal ministry of finance here
and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to
deal with us, although due to his possition he did not want
to take active part but as soon as you follow my
instructions everything will be successfull because we will
be working hand in hand with him.

We thus propose to do business with you,standing in as the
next of kin of these funds from the deceased and after due
legel processes have been followed the fund will be released
to your account without delay and we will use it for
investment and to assist the less privelaged in the society
because if we left the fund with the government it will be
fortified for nothing and will be used to suppress the poor
masses in the society.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the
fund is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money
laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act.

So you should provide me with your correct account detail
where you will like the fund to be transferred even an empty
account is ok. At the conclussion of the transfer you will
take 35%,5% will be for any expenses both parties incurred
in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will
be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong
assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes
into your account I will then start the processing of the
transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.

You should send the a/c information as stated
below.......together with your telephone nos. both Home,
Office & Cell phone for easier & faster communication.
To my private email address;micheal2abba@yahoo.fr

Bank Name...........
Bank Address.........
A/C Name..............
A/C Number...............
Swift Code..................
Your Telephone................
Routing Number..................
State & Country................
I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible if you
are interested.

Yours,

Mr Abba Micheal




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