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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: Mr John uba <office@marble.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr John uba <john.uba56@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:42:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Compliments of the season and good day


Your Attn,

Compliments of the season and good day.

I am Mr John,I am the personal accounts manager to one of our late client Mr Edwin Maynard a national of your country,I am writing this letter to solicit for support and assistance from you to carry out this business opportunity in my bank. I contacted you concerning some huge amount of money he left behind so
that you you will act as the next of kin, The depositor of the said fund died with his entire family, If you are interested contact me.

I came across your data via a private search. I want to know if you have the ability, workforce and strength to help me invest in the following sector real estate, hotel management/tourism, stock management and commercial agriculture in your country and get rewarded financially without affecting your convenience. Lying in an inactive account is the some huge amount of money belonging to a foreign customer who was a business magnate,he happened to be deceased during a business trip with his wife and only son.

Ever since he died the bank has been expecting his next of kin to come and claim these fund which cannot be released unless someone applies for it as next of kin, as indicated in our banking guidelines,unfortunately he has no family member here or Over-sea who are aware of the existence of the money,at this juncture, i have decided to do business with you by soliciting your assistance in applying as the next of kin to the bank then the money will be released to you,as i do not want the money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill,because the banking laws and guidelines stipulates that if such money(s) remains unclaimed for a period of Seventeen years(17 yrs),the money will be moved into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill.

My request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a citizen of your country a citizen of this country cannot stand as next of kin. Note, 10% of the total sum will be for any expenses we may incurred during this transaction and 50% of the money will be your
share as a foreign partner and your assistance to actualize this deal and remember this is BANK DEAL.

Please delete this email if you are not interested because this is BANK DEAL.thereafter i will visit your country with your help once the money hits your account for disbursement according to the percentage
indicated.

To effect the immediate transfer of the fund to you as agreed,you must apply first to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased,then we will follow up all formalities for the transaction. Upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you, the text of application you are to send to the bank,and further clarify you in other issues as to effect this business. Awaiting to hear from you urgently. 1. I would like you to provide me with a viable account details where this fund could be safely transferred into as Next of Kin of the former depositor. 2. We do not anticipate any risk/problem whatsoever, as all the loopholes has been taken care of and there is no risk involved in this deal.

All the Computer work for this transaction will be done by me, including your name as the new Beneficiary of this fund. If you are interested and capable of handling this deal, please write. On receipt of your response, I shall then provide you with more details on how to go about it. Please note that this is very confidential. And as I am still a staff with the bank here. I would not like to be known or mentioned as having knowledge of the deal but I will be giving you inside information on what to do. Please fill the below form and send to me when replying if you are interested.

Full Name:.................
Full Address:..............
Telephone Number:..............
Mobile Number:..............
Age:.............
Occupation:...............
Your Email:.................
Country of Origin:................
Sex:...............

i will appreciate if you treat this matter as top confidential.Please get back to me urgently on receipt of this message,

Do not forget to include your direct telephone and fax numbers for further communication.

I will like to invest on these areas below: Awaiting your urgent reply. .

1) Transport Industry
2) Mechanized agriculture.
3} Estate investment
4) Orphanage home


If you are interested and willing reply to this email address; john.uba56@yahoo.fr

Yours faithfully,

Mr John uba

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