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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: "james luis" <j4jamesluis005@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesluis2000@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:44:06 -0700
Subject: ATTN .ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE ???


*FROM THE NEW ELECTED MINISTER: DR. SHAMSUDDEN USMAN (OFR) FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF FINANCE,
SECRETARY: MR. James luis
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area
Abuja - Nigeria .

Attention:* *Beneficiarry*

My name is *MR. James luis*, I'm the personal Secretary to the new Minister
of Finance, I'm directed to contact you by the Minister to urgently confirm
from you if actually you know one *Mr Alen **George* who claim to be your
business associate/ partner in Nigeria .

The said *Mr Alen **George* is claiming to us that you are dead and he
will like to change all the Information that you gave to us as our bona
fide beneficiary. Below is the new banking information were he wish to have
this funds transferred to:-

*Bank of America
6901 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132
Phone: 405-773-1683 Fax: 405-722-6005ABA: 103000017 (all other)
ABA: 026009593 (International)
ACCT. #:003042656833
ACCT: Name: FMS Investments Inc.
Signatory: Floyd M. Shealy*

This development is coming now that the Ministry want to offset all your
outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries' around the
world in which your payment file was affected.

As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a total sum of usd$9.7m
Dollars. We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead
and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually
dead and the information passed to us by *Mr Alen **George* is correct.

You are to contact me through my email address as soon as you receive this
message so as to know the true position of things with you so that we would
not make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to a wrong
person/account.

Your swift response will help this ministry a lot. Do email me with your
full names and direct phone number for an easy communication, your age and
occupation to this effect.

Best Regards,

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*DR. SHAMSUDDEN USMAN (OFR)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)
PERSONAL SECRETARY: MR. James luis.*

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