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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: "Grace Adams" <asrivastva@sosforme.com>
Reply-To: graces_adams@live.com
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:06:06 +0000
Subject: Reply.


Good Day Friend,

This is Mrs. GraceAdams,a Banker by profession, i work with a Bank here in Nigeria,(BANK NAMEACCESS BANK PLC) I have a business proposition which I will gladly want topartner together with you, please read details as unveiled below.

In January 2001,aSaudi Arabian Oil Consultant/Contractor (Mr. Hamzar Bouyade) made anumbered-time (fixed deposit) for twenty four calendar months valued at(U.S$25.150 M) TWENTY FIVE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATEDDOLLARS Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification of Account status to hisforwarding address but got no reply up till date.

After two months, wesent a reminder of same letter, and finally we discovered from his contactemployers, (Halliburton Oil Services Company)that Mr. Hamzar Bouyade died in aBeirut-bound charter jet Plane Crash on the December 26, 2003. Please viewbelow website for more details about the crash;

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/25/benin.crash/index.html?

This office hasexhaustively made efforts to locate the next of kin/beneficiary, or anyrelative of our deceased customer,all to no avail and not successful.

I have contacted you to assist me in securingthis money before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by this bankat the same time, i seek your consent to present you as the deceased next ofkin so that the proceed of this fund valued U.S$25.150M would be paid to youfor the 2 of us to share mutually.

The banking law andguidelines here stipulates that if such an account remains dormant ornon-operational after a period of seven (7) years, the money will betransferred into banking treasury as unclaimed fund.

However, attemptshave been made twice by the Government Agency concerned to confiscate thisaccount if not for my intervention as the head account and audit dept. I havealways told them that the next of kin has been in touch with us. The request ofa foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that thecustomer was a foreigner.

Your response willdetermine our subsequent correspondence.

Note that thistransaction requires utmost trust and sincerity, get back to me only on thisalternative e-mailbox which is only meant for this deal graces_adms200@hotmail.co.uk


so i can give youmore details so we can proceed.

Best regards,
Mrs. Grace Adams
Email: graces_adms200@hotmail.co.uk




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