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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: Charles Cinclear <cmdj_charles08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <charlescinclear6@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:02:15 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend.



Dear Friend.
I am an accountant with OCEANIC BANK INT'L NIGERIA PLC. My name Charles Cinclear. I am the Personal Account officer to Engineer. Andrew Wilson,a National of your country,who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.
Herein after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000,my client, his wife and their three children were involved in the Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal aircrash on 30 JAN 2000.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful after these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence Icontacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they getconfiscated or declared nserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the OCEANIC BANK INT'L NIGERIA PLC . Where the deceased had an account valued at about($10.5 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
NOTE: There is no risks or dangers involved on this deal . I have agreed with my colleagues that you will retain 30% of the total fund, my colleagues and I will take 60% while the remaining 10% is mapped out to cover the International and Local Expenses that might be incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction.
If this proposal interest you of which I hope it would, please forward to me immediately the following by mail:charlescinclear6@yahoo.fr
1. Your Full Name Your Private Telephone No. 3. Your Contact Address, city and Area where you live.
As soon as we receive the above informations from you, we shall immediately file up application for approvals and payment shall follow as soon as possible.

NOTE: I shall not contact another person till I hear from you. I therefore request you to please maintain topmost confidential of this transaction because we are top Civil Servants and would not want our reputable image dented after putting in Eightheen years of active service in the Bank.

Best Regards. Charles Cinclear
Important notice: to keep effetively and confidential of this transaction please you hereby advice to reply to my private E-mail:charlescinclear6@yahoo.fr


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