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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: "Ms Brenda Haziz" <missbrenda01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:08:28 +0100
Subject: FROM :Miss Brenda Haziz. Reply if you a trustworthy and a good person.


Dear Friend,

I Miss Brenda Haziz a staff of First Bank Nigeria Plc was
mandated by MR. CASSEL BUSTON the CEO/MD of the First Bank
Nigeria Plc to ascertain your interest and capability to
co-operate with us in actualizing this highly rewarding
project on repatriation of funds to your country. Are you
willing to be presented as a bonafide beneficiary to (Mr.
Floyd Luis ) a crude oil merchant from Portugal? Until his
untimely death by the Niger-Delta Militant Crisis in Nigeria
here. (Mr. Floyd) operated a fixed Deposit Account of Eight
Million One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$.8,100,000.00) with First Bank Plc.

Sequel to his death, the bank concerted effort to contact
the immediate family in Portugal in order to re-claim and
transfer the ownership of the fund. Unfortunately, the bank
discovered recently that the same Niger-Delta Crisis while
on holidays also affected the immediate families of the
depositor Mr. Floyd.

Apparently, the fund is now in full custody of the bank.
After a very serious survey, I and the Manager of the Bank
decided to repatriate this fund to a trustworthy and
reliable overseas bank account for high yield investment
portfolios. The modality of disbursing the fund will be
discussed fully with the Bank-Account owner/provider, which
we are offering you.

All the documents establishing the deposit of the fund and
empowering you to be the Beneficiary/Receiver of the fund
will be perfectly secured in your name if interested in
helping secure the fund. Transfer of this fund can be
swiftly and successfully implemented within 14 bank working
days (2 Weeks) if you provide the necessary overseas
infrastructure required to realize the objective.

Please kindly protect my position in my bank; by keeping
everything secret and confidential, until we transfer these
funds to your destination.

Contact my boss MR.CASSEL BUSTON the CEO/MD of First Bank
Nigeria Plc through his private E-mail address/Phone:

E-mail: mrcasselbuston@gmail.com

Mobile Phone: +2347031219063

Sincerely
Miss Brenda J Haziz

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