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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: =?utf-8?q?eluchi=20abia?= <eluchuabia@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: eluchia@live.com
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:22:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Regards,


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:eluchuabia@yahoo.com.co



- FROM=MR ELUCHI ABIA PLOT 12 SANUSI FAFUNWA, VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Dear Friend, Please accept my sincere apologies if my mail fails to meet your professional and moral Ethics,as we have not met efore. I know you may be skeptical about what i am about to tell you because of the evil doings of people of the world today,which has brought fear and made alot of people not to engage in genuine and legitimate business ventures,i urge you to take your time and read this email very well. I am a Banker; my name is MR ELUCHI ABIA, an accountant.I am the accounts Manager to a late Engineer, a white foreigner whom I have financial dealings for a long time now. He was a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS. On 10,Dec 2005, my customer/client,his wife, and his only son were involved in a SOSOLISO AIRLINE CRASH. My client and his family all died in that fatal air crash. Since then,I have made several attempts and enquiries to locate any of his extended Relatives,but this has Proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace a good and reliable Person over the Internet, that can help me in repatriating this fund left behind in our Bank since the bank i work for and where the funds is at present intend to declare the funds unservicable if nobody come for the money. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating this money left behind by my Customer/client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposit was lodged, particularly this Bank that I am presently working, Where the deceased had an account Valued at TWENTY MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,The Bank has issued a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short period of time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my client,I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at TWENTY MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (USD$20,500,000) will be transferred into your account and we will share the funds according to an agreed ratio. I have arranged everything and you will not engage in anything that is illegal.I have made arrangements with a good Attorney to assist us. He will present himself to the Bank and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the inheritance claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business through. Please if you have the capacity to carry out this business,respond to this email immediately,and I will forward to you the full and detailed information of my myself to enable us commence business.immediately. Expecting your Urgent response. REGARDS, MR ELUCHI ABIA


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