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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: chigozie halidu <chigoziehalidu425@att.net>
Reply-To: chigoziehalidu147@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 05:08:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good day;



EMAIL chigoziehalidu147@rediffmail.com

Good day;

Do accept my sincere apologies.I got your contact in strict confidence

through Senegal Chamber of Commerce.

I wish to use this medium to get in touch with yon but do take

your good time to go through it. I am Mr Chigozie Halidu, the Senior Foreign

Auldit Director of a Bank, during the course of our auditing,I discovered

a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 2000 and since 2005 nobody

has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in

the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir]

hence themoney is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it

will be forfeited for nothing.





The owner of this account is a foreigner, a miner and an

industrialist.He made millions of dollars before he died victoriously.

Since DEC 262003 websitedetailsasfollow:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3351083.stm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200312/s1016642.htm

no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it.

My investigation proved to me that the account has no other beneficiary

and that until his death he was the manager director of aluminium &

steelindustries (PTY). SA.

We will start the transfer with the total suminvolved [ Ten

Million USDollars [ 10.000.000.00 USD] only, into your account, as a safe

foreigners bank account abroad, but I don'tknow any foreigner abroad

that's why I have contacted you to bear the legal sole beneficiary of the

fund.





I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me

down in this business. Also send your private telephone number and fax

number including the full details of the account to be used for the

deposit. I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down

in this business proposition. With my influence and the position in the

bank, as anofficial whom is working in our favour we can transfer this

money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with

assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in

your country for sharing.





The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately you

receive this fund leaving and they will be no trace to any place and to

build confidence you can write immediately to discuss with me the

modalities,after I will make this remittance in your presented account and

fix my resign date, to fly down to your country at least 7 days ahead of

the fund transferred and confirm into the account.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 45% of the total

amount, 50% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses might have

incurred during the process of transferring. Reply to my private mail

chigoziehalidu147@rediffmail.com

I am waiting for your reply.



Best Regards,

Mr. Chigozie Halidu

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