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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ebiaozo07@zambia.co.zm>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 00:57:09 -0800
Subject: I am still waiting for your reply on this transaction of USD $28.2 Million

Hello.

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.

I am Paul Ebiaozo a citizen of Zambia 24years old a business administration student. presently in Channel Island in United Kingdom.

I am an orphan and during my search in my mothers private room i saw document showing that this amount (USD $28.2Million) was deposited in abroad, i want to know if you can humbly be my foreign investment partner and collect this amount. My late parents never introduced me to any body before they died.

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 2008, when the plans was made known to president they where arrested and detained, after his released in March 2010, three weeks later he died. My mother also died two months after my fathers death.

My Mother married My father 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 they started treating me as an outcast and has taking total control of my parent properities and there are so much envy among them selves.

For two months i was ill and they negleted me and not providing adquate care, in other way want me dead.

This is why i decided to make external Foreigner contact who can stand for me as my foreign representative and collect this momey from the finance firm as my foreign partner,and urgently make the arrangement for me to come over to your country, as i will like to live and study over there.

I will not want to use our family name in making any transfer from the security firm to the bank, this is for security reasons, and to avoid any intruder from my parents relations to know. This is why i need the fund to be secured in a bank account under another persons name.

I BELIEVE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND MY REASON AND WHY IT SURPOSE TO GO THIS WAY, IT IS FREE OF RISK BUT I AM AVOIDING MY PARENTS WICKED PEOPLE NOT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MONEY AS I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

All I required in pure heart is a partner to work with and achieve this transaction. Hence I can not do this alone, i deem it better dealing with an external person whom after the business wil 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 know 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, kindly contact me back and make your comment, so that we can plan ahead, if you wish to stand by me.

I can be reached on phone number: +447011139275 you can call me for talk and more understanding.

Thanks
Ebiaozo Paul
ANOTHER EMAIL: ebiaozopaul@ymail.com


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