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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: "MAAT JOHNSON CABINET SARL" <lp@ehotbid.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 20:49:41 +0700
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,


DEAR FRIEND, I am Mr. Johnson Mathew a lawyer with my company name MAAT
Johnson Cabinet Sarl. An Iraqi named El-Moutkarbat Abdullah, a business
man made a numbered fixed deposit of USD53, 000.000.00 (Fifty Three
Million United States Dollars) for 18 calendar months in one of the
banks in my country Rep of Benin and I am his lawyer. Upon maturity
several notices was sent to him, even during the war. Again after the
war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. I
later found out that El-Moutkarbat Abdullah and his family had been
killed during the war in Gunfire that hit their home at Mukaradeeb where
his personal oil well was. After further investigation I also discovered
that El-Moutkarbat Abdullah did not declare any next of kin in his
official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. So, Fifty
Three Million United States Dollars is still lying in bank and no one
will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that according to
the laws of my country at the expiration of five years six months the
funds will revert to the ownership of the Bank if nobody applies to
claim the funds. My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of
kin in a position to instruct IBB Bank to release the deposit to you as
the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am
prepared to share the money with you in half. That is: I will simply
nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to
you. We share the percentage 50/50. I would have gone ahead to ask the
funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line in my
involvement in claiming the deposit. I assure you that I could have the
deposit released to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank
of the final closing of the file relating to El-Moutkarbat Abdullah I
will then officially communicate with Bank and instruct them to release
the deposit to you. With these: all is done. I am aware of the
consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in
this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be
vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete
this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career
because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but
people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations
run the whole financial deposits of my late clients for years. I am not
a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this
may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry
dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones way
once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by for once like
this I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances won�t
pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not
work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not
destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them
with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a
task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only
risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me. I am the only one
who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name
that has planted you into the centre of relevance in my life. Let�s
share the blessing. NB/ If you give me positive signals, I will initiate
this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you
contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this
project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official
phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email
account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you and
also through the email account that I will provide therein in this
email. Further more be informed that the fact that you are a foreigner
give you the privilege to stand in as my deceased client beneficiary as
my deceased client had no relation all his family died with him during
the war and I can not use my relation because its not acceptable. Also I
am very confident that we will be able to establish the trust that is
needed to complete this deal and all that I need from the time been is
your willingness and commitment so that we can end fast. What you need
to understand about this transaction is that I will make sure that it
passes through all international banking laws regards to this I will
take care of it as a lawyer to give the transaction the proper
documentation that is required to perfect the finishing. Your only
obligation in this transaction will be to set up two accounts that can
accommodate these funds and I will give you more light later once you
agree to partner with me. Like I said before there is no risk involve as
it will pass through international banking laws and all documents
related to this transaction will be submitted. Please observe this
instruction religiously. Your trust and sincerity is much better needed
for me than your qualifications. Please, again, note I am a family man,
I have wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of
fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing
ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy
or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned in life.
Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan
a meeting, soon. Should you be interested I will prefer you to reach me
on the email address below. E-mail: maatcs@megamail.pt ,
maatcs@besuch-tausch.de ; and please forward your banking details with
your business profiles for me to commence the documentation processes of
transferring the fund to you immediately. Your earliest response to this
letter will be appreciated. I await your response. Mr.Johnson Mathew
Esq. KINDLY REPLY THROUGH- E-mail: maatcs@megamail.pt ,
maatcs@besuch-tausch.de






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