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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: paul _ralph8 <paul_ralph8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <paul_ralph78@yahoo.es>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:17:46 +0100
Subject: Attention: Sir/Madam,





Mr. Paul Ralph
Manager Internal Audit/-
Foreign Remittance Dept,
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc,
Victoria Island , Lagos .

Attention: Sir/Madam,

I sourced your email from a human resource profile database in the chamber, my name is Mr. Paul Ralph' an account officer to late Mr. William Bryant from America who is an oil merchant Agent here in Nigeria , a well known Philanthropist before he died. He made a Will stating that $13.2M(Thirteen million, two hundred thousand U.S. dollars only) should be given to an citizen of our choice overseas.

We have searched long for a reliable beneficiary still now that a random draw was made and your e-mail address has been chosen as the beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank because they have issued a notice instructing me been the account officer to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of my late client Mr. William Bryant since he is no more alive, both wife Thelma Bryant, and daughter Sheryl Bryant.

Please for more details concerning him and how he died, you can visit this website:
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ If you are interested, you are required to contact me immediately to start the documentation process with the help of a legal practitioner.
and i need your information such as this


1. full name2.phone and fax number3.your age and current occupation

I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit, Please act fast.

Contact me through my private E-mail :
paul_ralph78@yahoo.es
I await your urgent response.

Mr. Paul Ralph
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
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