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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: Mustapha Idris <info@mustidris.com>
Reply-To: mustaphaidris62@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:12:53 -0800
Subject: seeking sincere and honest friend

It is indeed my pleasure to write you this letter, which I believe
will be a surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply
sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy. Please forgive
this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is
of exceptional and very private nature.I got your contact from my
private search on the internet and decided to contact you from Search
on the internet for Confidential business.

My name is Mustapha Idris , I am a banker Accountant by
profession,I will like you and I to do business with you.

On october 6, 2002, an American Geologist/Contractor with the Economic
Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. George W.Brumley From
Atlanta,U.S.A Deposited the sum of US$20,500,000.00 ( Twenty million
Five hundred thousand Dollars only) in my bank. Upon maturity,I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers,the Economic Community Of West Africa States
(ECOWAS) that Dr George W.Brumley died in a plane crash with his
entire family in Kenya,East Africa in the year 2003.

I want you to visit the website below for more information about the
PlaneCrash:
http://www.wral.com/news/2345844/detail.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that In the bank
form for next of kin, George W.Brumley Before his death filled his
wife JEAN BRUMLEY as his next of kin but unfortunately, the wife died
with him along others and therefore, there is nobody left behind to
claim the fund of Dr. George Brumley as his next of kin that was why I
contacted you and proposed it as a deal between us.

Meanwhile, Official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in
my Bank as the next of kin was in the name of his wife. Based on that,
No one will ever come forward to claim it, I will like to seek for
your permission as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to
Dr.George W.Brumley so that the fruits of this old man's labour will
not be use for financing weapons which will further enhance the
courses of war in the world in general.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio
of 70% for me and 30% for you .There is no risk at all as all the
paperwork for this transaction will be done accordingly and with my
position as the bill the exchange guarantees the successful execution
of this transaction.


Also, there is the need for you to know that, I shall be sending you
upon commencement, about US$10,000.00 that will be used in taking care
of some expenses, which you shall handle personally, so there are
absolutely no bills to be paid by you in the course of the transfer If
you agree to deal,i will furnish you with the next step of the plan
which i have mapped out to benefit both of us.

Be informed that this transaction is 100% risk free and should be kept
in ultmost secrecy.Please,send your reply to my mail box:
mustaphaidris62@gmail.com Thanks


Your'S Sincerely
Mustapha Idris



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