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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: "Chudy Morrison" <chudy_morrison11@libero.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chudy_morrison@libero.it
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:36:54 -0400
Subject: Get back to me


Attn: /
Sir /Madam,
I am MR Chudy Morrison, the senior & Auditor General of a Bank, during
the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this
account again.

After going through some old files in there cords I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a[heir] hence the money is floating
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be for fitted for
nothing.

The owner of this account is a foreigner, a miner and an
industrialist.
He made millions of dollars before he died
victoriously. Since DEC 26 2003 website details as follow:
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/> and no their
person knows about this account or any thing concerning it.
My investigation proved to me that the account has no other beneficiary
and that until his death he was the manager director of aluminums & steel industries(PTY). SA.
We will start the transfer with the total sum involved [Twenty Five
Million US Dollars [25.000.000.00 USD] only, into your account, as a safe
foreigners bank account abroad, but I don't know any foreigner abroad
that's why I have contacted you to bear the legal sole beneficiary of
the fund.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let
me down in this business.
Also send your private telephone number and
fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the
deposit.
I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down in this
business proposition.
With my influence and the position in the bank,as
an official whom is working in our favor we can transfer this money to
any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for sharing.

The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately
you receive this fund leaving and they will be no trace to any place
and to build confidence you can wrote immediately to discuss with me the
modalities, after I will make this remittance in your presented account
and fix my resign date, to fly down to your country at least 7 days
ahead of the fund transferred and confirm into the account.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 45% of the total amount,50% will be form, while 5% will be for expenses might have
incurred during the process of transferring.
Reply to my private
email: chudymorrison004@yahoo.com
I am waiting for your reply.
Best Regards,
Chudy Morrison




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