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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: chikensugbe2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:39:58 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=3ABarrister=20Chike=20Nsugbe?=

From:Barrister Chike Nsugbe
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
Regent Bank Plc Akpakpa Dume,
Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail: (chike_nsugbe02@yahoo.es)


Attention: Friend.


My name is Barr Chike Nsugbe, the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of
Regent Bank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank
with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Morris Thompson,
an American by Citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only
daughter. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site which
I got during my investigation;

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list Since the demise
of this our customer,I personally has watchedwith keen interest to see the
next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his
funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note,
I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as
no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics here
does not allow such money to stay more than Ten Years, because the money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.
In view of this I got your contact when making a research on a foreigner
customer.

I will use this great opportunity.and for your assistant i will give you
30% of the total amount then 10% has been maped out to donate to the motherless
baby home, while the remaining 60% will be for me and my partner. Upon the
receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of
application which you will type sign and send back to our bank to enable
us start this transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that
this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear
as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been
finalized,This transaction will be completed within five banking days of
recieving your response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to
the deceased. When you receive this letter,kindly send me an e-mail signifying
your decision including your private informations such as below

1, Your Full name and your home address
2,Your Mobile Tel/Fax numbers
3,Your Passport picture orID
4, Your Occupation
5, Your marital status


I wait for your quick communication through my private Email (chike_nsugbe02@yahoo.es)
or you can reach me on my direct telephone number +234 8039769854


Yours Sincerely,
Barr Chike Nsugbe
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills Regent Bank Plc.
Lagos-Nigeria.






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