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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: "martin mbam" <mbak223@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:07:57 +0100
Subject: looking fwd to hear from you

Dear sir,


It is indeed my pleasure to write to you this letter,
which I believe will
be a suprise one to you, as we are both complete strangers to each other.

My name is Martin Mbam
the Deputy Managing Director of COMMERICAL BANK OF
AFRICA.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my
bank with account number in my who perished in a plane crash
Korean Air Flight 801 with
the whole passengers on aboard August 6, 1997.

Since the demise of this our customer,I personally has
watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved
abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of USD.28.5m,[twenty eight
million five hundred
thousand united states dollars] which has been with my
branch for a very
long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his/her name
shall be used as the next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin.

And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than 8years otherwise the money
will be recall into government treasury as a floating fund without a
beneficiary.
years, because money

In view of this I got your contact through a trade
journal after realizing
that your country is similar to the deceased. 20% of the total sum will
be your own share for providing account information where the money will
be transfered into after the succesful conclussion of the business.

While 5% will go to charity homes around the
world while w 5% for any expenses incured during
the transaction .Upon the receipt of your response, I furnish with detailed
information on the business will be carried out without hitches



When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail
to my private email address bellow
signifying your decision.Including your private
Tel/Fax numbers for
easy communication.

Best regards,
Martin Mbam

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