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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: "JAMES MBAKWE" <jamesmbakwe1@bigmir.net>
Reply-To: jamesmbakwe20@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:46:47 -0700
Subject: PLEASE JAMES NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE


Dearest one,

Please do not let this my letter keep you wondering why should it be you
that I will trust with these information's that I am about to reveal to you,
please I need you to trust and believe in me if you can,God is everywhere
and can connect people everywhere and anytime. Please I need you to make out
time to read this mail attentively to be able to understand the content.My
names are James Mbakwe, I am 20 years of age and the only surviving child of
my parents, Mr Sam and Mrs Alice Mbakwe, My parents were Natives of Nigeria,
they migrated to the United States when I was just 4 year old. We lived at
No 215 West Wieuca Road Northeast Atlanta, Georgia USA, and I attended the
famous Frederick Douglas High School northwest Atlanta, Georgia USA, but
when my mother fell sick and died June 2001, My father became weak every now
and then he will fall sick just because his life love was gone, I believe it
was the shock of my mum's sudden death that cause his illness. He got
retired from his office, Fidelity National Insurance Company at No 200
Galleria Parkway Southeast Atlanta GA 30339 USA October 2004,from there we
move to New York City because of my Dad's medication.

Then December 2005 my father called me and told me that he doesn't want to
die in a foreign land. That he has made enough money, that he felt the best
thing for him to do now is for us to relocate back to his home country of
Nigeria so that he can set up his own Insurance company and give job
opportunities to his people, he also told me that he want me to learn about
his people and their culture. On the 14 of December 2005 we returned back to
Nigeria. When we came back from the states,he was lucky enough to get some
of his late father's legacy which he inherited as the first son,the estate
indeed worth big money, he had no other choice than to dispose the estate
based on his own initiative that he want to set up, now the money he had
with him and the one he got from his inheritance increased.

Then after some time my Dad started to look for properties to buy to use for
an office, in several occasions I went out with him to inspect some
properties. But unfortunately on the 22nd of February 2006 my father
collapse and later died.Why am I telling you,a total stranger you may ask!!!
The reason is I am revealing to you my family's secret is because my late
Dad's final burial as Africa culture to a wealthy man is over and my uncle
is searching every where looking for my late father's bank documents that my
dad used in depositing all his money when his sickness became serious.

But he doesn't know that I have hiden the documents in a safe place outside
the house where he can not find it, based on my late dad advice on his sick
bed before his death. This secret has been in my mind for some time now and
I don't even know who to tell because I need someone to help me received
this money in a foreign account to enable me leave here peacefully,these
same people that call themselves my relative are mean and are ready to
eliminate me because of this inheritance if they discovered that my late
father left such huge amount of money for meas his only son and the next of
kin to his wealth, my late father even warned me to relocate if he happens
to die.This is the reason why I make contact with you to help me received
the money.

That means you will provide an account where the money will be transferred
into then I will take the next available flight to join you once you confirm
to me that you have received the money in your account.I have thought about
it and I came to the conclusion that this is the only way I can get the
money safe and transferred out of here without my uncle knowing about it, my
late father warned me to be very careful and that I should make sure I
secure this money for my future.

If you have the believe that you can help me please respond to this mail and
include with it your telephone number to enable me give you a call then we
can talk.My spirit, my soul, my heart and the spirit of God dwelling inside
of me asked me to confide and trust you for this project. I know you will
never cheat on me because I am convinced that God will never permit me to
contact the wrong person, l know that He works in a miraculous way that
still remain misery to man,the same revelation to help an orphan will start
from you.

Please get back to me ASAP with a telephone number to reach you.

James Mbakwe

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