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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: Ebiaozo Paul <ebiaozo13@zambia.co.zm>
Reply-To: ebiaozo@mailbox.co.za
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 09:51:51 +0100
Subject: RE: TRANSACTION INVESTMENT OF (USD $18.2Million US Dollars) I NEED
YOUR CORABULATION



I am Paul Ebiaozo i am 22 years a business administration student before i
flee my country Zambia to CHANNEL ISLAND in UNITED KINGDOM, during my search
in my mothers private room i saw document showing that this amount (USD
$18.2Million US Dollars) was deposited in abroad.

This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as
frivolous could come into your mind, but please consider it a divine wish
and accept it with a deep sense of humility.its true we have never meet
before neither in person nor by correspondence,but I believe that it takes
just one day to meet or know someone either physically or through
correspondence.

All I required in pure heart is a partner to work with and achieve this
transaction, i deem it better dealing with an external person whom after
the business will quietly take his share and has nothing to do with my
country or member of my family and the transaction will lay covered.

Non of my late parents wife, family or relation knew about this deposited
funds in overseas, i do not want them to know because if they do they will
size it and i will have nothing. If you are willing to help me secure this
funds for the sake of God and humanity. kindly contact me back and make your
comment, so that we can talk more for understanding and plan ahead.

My parents where married for 10 years without a child, then I was adopted
into the family,Since my parents died i find it difficult to relate with
other polygamous family members as there are so much envy among them
selves.

Since the death of my parents their family relations and wives started
treating me as an outcast and has taking total control of my parent
properties. For two months i had blood cancer illness and they neglected me
and not providing adequate care, in other way want me dead.

My father Vincent Ebiaozo was a business man and a politician, he had many
Monetary dealing on his name in my country, and he uses Company in his name
as a means of transacting his business, the said company has since been
declared bankruptcy and liquidate, and all the funds on the Company's name
and on his name is now frozen, reason was because he was involved in
sponsoring the attempt of overthrowing the ruling government in 2007, when
the plans was made known to president they where arrested and detained,
after his released in March 2009, three weeks later he died. My mother also
died two months after my fathers death.

PLEASE MAKE COMMENT AS I AM WAITING FOR YOU SO THAT I WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO.


Thanks Ebiaozo Paul
ANOTHER EMAIL: paule1@webmail.co.za
PHONE: +447011139275

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