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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: Charles Mbeki <matneerowchionfd@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:18:10 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Dear SIJITSMA

Greetings to you!! I hope all is well my name is MR.CHARLES MBEKI, I
was assigned on 3rd of August 2003, by the Nigerian President Olusegun
Obasanjo, to be the personal assistant(PA),to the former Liberian
President,Charles Taylor,when he arrived Nigeria on exile.

Following the exit of Charles Taylor of Liberia from power under a West
Africa brokered peace agreement, led by the Nigerian President,he was
granted asylum by the Nigerian Government and was subsequently, given a
home in the south-eastern part of Nigeria,Calabar to be precise.

While on my assignment as the P.A to Mr.Charles Taylor, i observed that
Mr.Taylor moved in large amount of monies, illegally to Nigeria and
used some of his money to buy loyalty, and he also found me as a close
confidant and asked me to advise him on the best place,he could possibly
secure his money. That was how, I deposited $20Million in a Financial Institution
Which I intend to move oversea for investment and spend the
rest of my life, there with my family.

Since he relocated to Calabar, Southern Nigeria, all has been well
until the 28th day of March, 2006, he was arrested and flown to Sierra-
Leone by the Nigerian Government, following the request of the present leadership of the
Liberian Government led by Mrs.Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, backed up by the U.N, to appear in a
Sierra-Leonean Hign Court, on allegations of war-crime charges, he will be given life
imprisonment no doubt and will not be needing the funds which I have the proof of
ownership and can change such to your name and the money which the security company does
not even know is contained in the the box with a Key code which I am priviledged to have
the Code.

You can read more of this details in the websites below:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=3D3D3D52597&SelectRegionfiltered=3D3D3DWest_Afr
ica &SelectCountry=3D3D3DSIERRA_LEONE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4871584.stm

With your assistance I have the authority to issue you with the
relevant documents you need so as to enable you claim the funds from the
Financial Institution were the funds is presently laying.On securing the
funds,we will be able to transfer the funds from Europe to any address of
your choice tagged Diplomatic Luggage, without questioning with your name as
the bona-fied beneficiary, for safe keeping.

This transaction is 100% risk-free as all local arrangements has been
made and you can be rest assured that your security has been considered
even before you were contacted, as I have informed the Financial Institution
where the $20Million is currently laying unclaimed, that you would be
coming to claim the funds.

All necessary/vital documents that will enable the release of the funds
to you, are in my custody and would be provided to you on receipt of your
willingness to assist me in the successful execution of this
transaction.Though we are not known to each other, I strongly believe
that through this transaction, we would be able to forge a mutual
relationship between us, now and in the nearest-future.

On receipt of this email I require the following informations so that
I can start the funds release procedure:
1. Full Name
2) Private telephone/fax number.for better Communication

As compensation for your assistance, you will retain 20% of the total
sum, while 80% will be for me, when you notify me that you have received
the funds and have met with you personally in your country.If you agree to
be a honest individual for this transaction, kindly reply me immediately
through this email address below: matneerowchionfd@yahoo.com

Remember that the sucess of this transaction depends greatly on our
mutual trust,understanding and confidentiality as i believe we can conclude
this transaction, within the next 3 working days.

Finally, I would like you to know that your response and assistance is
urgently needed, because the U.N, has authorized, that all accounts of
the former Liberian leader be friezed while he will be heading to jail if
convicted by International Court of Justice at the Hague.I wish to
remind you of the need to maintain the confidential nature of this deal till
the very end after all these funds are as a result of his dealings in fueling
the crisis in Sierra Leone and Civil war and genocide in his country
Liberia.these are mainly
funds from blood Diamonds they sold to firms in the UK and Switzerland no
one will miss
the funds.

Kind Regards

CHARLES MBEKI

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