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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: "helen aka" <mrshelenaka@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshelenaka@sify.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:30:48 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

FROM THE DESK MRS HELEN AKANCHAWA,
AUDITOR WITH CENTRAL BANK ,
OF NIGERIA CBN WHILE CHECKING,
CONTRACTORS PAYMENT FILES ,
YOUR URGENT RESPOND ISNEEDED,
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL mrshelenaka@sify.com
MY DEAR,
I am MRS HELEN AKANCHAWA,auditor with central bank of
Nigeria
(CBN) while checking contractors payment files I
discovered
an unclaimed sum of money [$10.5 million Dollars]
Belonging to one Mr. Martins, who was a contractor
with the Nigeria National Petroleum corporation
(NNPC). He
died two years ago his contract number is
NNPC/2930/MXN/28/PED/920.
I am writing you this letter to ask for your support
and
co-operation to transfer this money into your bank
account.
Infact it is my friend that adviced me to urgently
arrange
to transfer out this money through another foreign
Beneficiary outside the country since the owner Mr.
Martins
is a foreigner and he has died two years ago.but the
management did not know about this money. Our central
bank
guidelines indicates that if such money remain
unclaimed
for a period of four (4) years, it will be transfer
into
central bank Treasury as unclaimed fund. Indicate your

telephone and fax numbers for effective communication.
I
have decided to share the money 60% to me and my
friend,40%
to you.
I will do my best to see that we conclude this
transaction
successfully on time. Please, also take my address No.
25
Shaibu close, Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria. l want
you to
know that all l require from you in this transaction
is
sincerity and honesty for this arrangement is for our
mutual benefits.
Waiting for your response, Best Regards.
MRS HELEN AKANCHAWA


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