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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "eric moore" <ericmoore5001@yahoo.de>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:04:39 +0000
Subject: MR ERIC MOORE.

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am an accountant with GRAND BANK AFRICA PLC. My name is Mr.Eric Moore.I am
the Personal Account officer to Engineer. Christian
Scotti , a National of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT
OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Herein after shall be referred
to as my client On 30 JAN 2000,my client, his wife
and their three children were involved in the Kenya Airways flight with
registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination
Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his
family died in this fatal aircrash on 30 JAN 2000.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet and locate any member of his family but it was a futile search
,all prove abortive and your assistance to palce you as
the next of kin before the bank is needed.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the GRAND BANK
AFRICA PLC ,Where the deceased had
an account valued at about ($10 Million US Dollars) has issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next
ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at ($10 Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen bottle
necks we might incure in this transaction an attorney will be contracted to
help us revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

Call me on my direct phone number 011-234-803-5822605 for more
clearification on this transaction.

Best regards,

MR ERIC MOORE.





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