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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: "mohd bida" <mohdbida13@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:42:04 +0200
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED PLS....................PLS CALL ME +228 911 20 88 FOR DETAILS.


FROM : MR MOHAMED BIDA
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK.
LOME TOGO.
TEL:00 228 911 2088
PRIVATE EMAIL. mohdbida@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

Please I would appreciate your urgent call after you go through my mail.I
have a proposal for you - this however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will. I am 50, and work with a bank
(one of the African leading Banks in the West Coast). Here in this Bank
existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which belong to an American
national who is now late Mr.Raymond Beck. Mr Raymond Beck However died on
EgyptAir Flight 990.Please view related site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990
http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/31/egyptair.04/
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/ea990/default.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

There have not been any withdrawals from this account for this long period,
I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the
family member nor relations of the late person is aware of this account.The
account is classified as abandoned.

This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want an account overseas where the
bank will transfer this funds.Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all
related documents for this account. It is a careful network and for the past
eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.
The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated
interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$ 7.5 million US dollars).

Now our questions are:-

1. Can you handle this project?

2. Can I give you this trust?

3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.

4. Reply with phone&fax numberes.

Consider this and get back to us as soon as possible. Finally, it is our
humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project after sending
a mail for confirmation.

Respectfully yours,

Mr Mohamed Bida

+228 911 20 88
REPLY TO .mohdbida@yahoo.com

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