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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: "Kayode Peters" <info@cbn.org>
Reply-To: kpcbn005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:37:36 +0200
Subject: Urgent Assistance.

DEAR FRIEND,

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.IAM
MR.KAYODE PETERS, I WORK IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, PACKAGING AND COURIER
DEPT.DURING THE AIR-LIFT OF SOME PRESIDENTIAL LUGAGES TO EUROPE, I AND MY
COLLEAGUES IN THE ABOVE DEPARTMENT UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
LUGAGE CONTAINING $10M (TEN MILLION USD) ONLY FOR OUR OWN BENEFIT THOUGH IT
WAS LABELED "PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT" FOR SECURITY REASONS.

I AM OBLIGED TO CONTACT YOU TO ASSIST US IN GETTING THIS LUGAGE CLEARED AND
DELIVERED TO YOU FROM THE AGENT AS WE HAVE AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS.

(1) ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO CLAIM THIS LUGAGE WILL BE PROCURED IN OUR NAME
TO ENABLE THE AGENT CLEAR AND DELIVER SAME TO YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.
(2) THAT YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO A SHARE OF 25% OF THE TOTAL MONEY.
(3) THAT 5% OF THE TOTAL MONEY WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES.
(4) THAT 70% OF THE TOTAL MONEY WILL BE FOR I AND MY COLLEAGUES.

IF THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION / TERMS IS OK BY YOU, YOU CAN E-MAIL ME AT THIS
EMAIL ADDRESS,(kpcbn005@yahoo.co.uk)ALSO,FURNISH ME WITH YOUR FULL
NAMES,MAILING ADDRESS,YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBERS FOR EASIER
COMMUNICATION AND ONWARD TRANSFER TO THE AGENT IN EUROPE.NOTE: THAT THIS
BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AS ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP
THE CLAIM OF THE LUGAGE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU HENCE WE ADVICE YOU TO KEEP
THE ENTIRE TRANSACTION CLOSE TO YOURSELF UNTIL YOU MUST
HAVE RECEIVED THE LUGAGE. FOR SECURITY REASONS OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE
DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.KAYODE PETERS
COURIER DEPARTMENT (CBN).






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