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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: "MR.ABDUL WADE" <abdul@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abdul_wade163@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 13:00:03 +0000
Subject: FROM MR.ABDUL WADE

NAME ABDUL. WADE
STANDARD CHARTERED SECURITY
COMPANY LIMITED MEDINA DAKAR
SENEGAL WEST AFRICA Email abdul_wade163@yahoo.co.uk

I KNOW THAT THIS MAIL WILL BE SURPRISE MESSAGE TO YOU BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY EXPLANATION . TO SHARE THIS MUTUAL PROPOSAL WITH YOU,I APOLOGIZE USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH YOU FOR A BUSINESS /TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE, BUT THIS IS DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROMPT ACCESS REPOSED ON THIS MEDIUM.
IT IS WITH TRUST THAT I WISH TO CONTACT YOU ON THIS MATTER MY NAME IS MR ABDUL WADE THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF STANDARD CHARTERED AND SECURITY
COMPANY LIMITED MEDINA DAKAR SENEGAL WEST AFRICA
THERE IS A CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING THE SUM OF (4,200,000.00 USD) FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THE SAID BOX WAS DEPOSITED BY MR.MARK FRANCIS RODERICK.AN AMERICANCUSTOMER WHO DIED ON THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER 2001 ON A PLAIN-CRASH IN

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.GOING BY THE USUAL STATUTORY RULES GOVERNING OUR OPERATION,THE BOX SHALL BE HANDED OVER TO THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AS AN UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS DETAILS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.
PLEASE KINDLY SEND THE INFORMATION'S SUCH AS: YOUR FULL NAME/ADDRESS AND YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN BE REACH 24HOURS FOUR EASY COMMUNICATION. INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT. YOUR OCCUPATION/COMPANY & MARITAL STATUS/SEX & AGE .AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRANSACTION YOU WILL BE GIVEN 25% OF THE TOTAL FUND.I SHALL FURNISH YOU UP WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION YOU NEED IN THIS TRANSACTION, I WISH TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

BEST REGARD
MR.ABDUL WADE


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