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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: gabriel eze <gabrieleze44002@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <gabriel_eze104@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:29:35 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY



Dear Sir, I am gabriel eze ageneral manager of continental bank benin, inthe file/computer deptment. I got your contact through an internetbusiness proposal so i decide to contact you on this businessopportunity.Inmy department I discovered an abandoned sum of 10m US dollars (TEN Million US dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr J. C BOB.from mississippi who died along with his entire family on 25th December 2003 in a plane crash.VIEW THIS WEB SITE
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html Since we got information about his death, I have been expecting hisnext of kin to come over and claim his money because the managementcannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines butunfortunately i learnt that all his family died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.Since you are a foreigner too, and you have the same surname with this deceased customer, you can easyly make this deal with me,I will assist you locate an ATTORNEY who will assist you get every proof document which will help you to execut this business.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasionedby the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Beninois cannotstand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 40 % of this moneywill be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of aforeign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 50 % would be for me. There after I will visit yourcountry for disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you asarranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kinof the deceased indicating your bank name, your private telephone andfax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted . Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer .You can contact me on alternative email: gabriel_eze104@yahoo.fr look forward to hearing from you immediately.Yours Faithfully,
Mr GABRIEL EZE

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