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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: vincent utulu <vinc3333@live.com>
Reply-To: <vin_u123@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:26:55 +0000
Subject: ARE YOU INTERESTED



Dear,

Top of the day to you over there in your place.
I do hope this letter will not come to you as a surprise. It was borne out of my desire to share a mutual business relationship with you. My name is Vincent Utulu , 42yrs,a Secretary, a Ghana national married with a wife and three children. I work as an administrative Secretary to WESTERN SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY here in Lome - Togo.

I got the information concerning you while I was browsing through the internet searching for a reliable partner to carry out this great project in ones' life time and after due consultation with my spiritual adviser, I decided to contact you believing that by the grace of God, you will accept to be my partner in this business.

I earn a salary of 120 Cfa = $220 USD equivalent monthly. I joined the services of this company in 1991 as an office assistant. I have been working with this company for (12) twelve years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of States and government functionaries have been using WESTERN SECURITIES to move huge sums of money USD, Pound sterling, French France – (Cash) to their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of money cash and secretly declare the contents as jewelleries, gold, diamond, precious stones, family treasure, documents etc. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria (dead), Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead) Foday Sankoy of Siera – Leone. Babangida of Nigeria and others. All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with WESTERN SECURITIES. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives, are claiming most of these consignments.

A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as 15 yrs. Nobody may ever come for them because in most cases, the documents of deposit are never available to anybody except the depositors most of them dead. Since the inception of the 2000 millennium, WESTERN SECURITIES MANAGEMENT changed the procedure of claims of consignments. As soon as you are able to produce all the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand. From our record, more than 120 consignments belonging to Gen Abacha / Mobutu Sese Seko, has been claimed in the past six months. This is why I am soliciting for your co-operation and assistance. Gen. Abacha has 85 consignments deposited with several names and codes, 35 have been claimed in the past six months. Since he’s dead, his first son is dead in a plane crash, the second son is facing trial for murder and embezzlement
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and the family members are under restricted arrest without communication. I have finished every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment No 1201 containing USD 9M and consignment No 1200 contain USD 15M. My duty is to supply you with all the information and documents by email. You will deal directly with the management.
The procedure is simple: -

You will apply officially to the Director of Operations of WESTERN SECURITIES for the release of consignment No 1200 and No 1201. They will demand some documents and secret codes. You will then call me, I’ll supply you with every detailed information. Fax it to them. As soon as they confirm it to be correct. They will invite you for the collection. If you do not want to come to Togo, you can arrange with them to transfer the consignment to any where on agreement. Nobody will ever know I am involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will write an agreement for us. I’ll suggest upon conclusion we share 60 – 40. I will be taken the 60% while the 40% will be for you after the transaction.

At the successful conclusion of the deal, you’ll arrange for me and my family to come over to your country. I assure you that the business have been hatched for 5 years now, it is very secure and risk free.

You can get back to me as soon as possible including your personal phone and fax numbers for further explanations and directives on the procedure God Bless You.

Sincerely Yours, Mr. Vincent Utulu
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