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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: "UK BELLO" <ukbello01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uk8bello@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:20:03 -0600
Subject: CAN YOU WORK WITH ME IN THIS?


Dear friend,
I am Barrister U.K Bello of Bello chambers and Associate. I am the financial
lawyer to the late Mr saad Scott from Nothern Ireland, United kingdom.Mr
saad was an oil merchant with estment in the leading oil Africa. He
invested in lifting oil from Niger delta in Nigeria to other countries where
he sales it. He was the highest shareholder in Shell petroleum Bp in 1994.Mr
saad Scott met his untimely death via plane crash in the 2002.I was
contacted as his lawyer by the board of director, shell Bp to look for the
relative of late Scott saad to enable them transfer the accumulated
share dividend of his investment with the Union bank of NIgeira Plc. it is
about two years now. I made some research about the relatives of Mr saad
and discorvered through some DNA reports that some other two passengers in
the same plane happend to be his wife and only daughter Stacey Scott saad
who also died along with him in the crash.I am contacting you so that both
of us can reach an agreement to enable you act as his next of kin and claim
the fund.Of course they will believe me because I am his nancial lawyer
untill his death. and I have all his business documents with me.I would have
use someone from here for the purppose but the fact that late Mr saad is
a white man made it impossible for me to present a black man as his next of
kin which of course, the bank will not honour.All the documentwill be
validated in your name and shall be drafted by me to include your name in an
application which be forwarded to the bank for the claims.The money is just
USD15.5Million dollars. I will personally monitor the progress of the
ansaction as your lawyer.After we suceed in transfering the money into your
account, we will give some portion of the money to charity home in your
country and then sharethe remaining in the ratio 70% to30% between you and
I.If you are willing to work with me in this regard, please, forward to me
through this email address:.
1) Your full name and contact address
2) your phone/fax lines
send your reply to
Thanks and God bless you.
Barrister U.K Bello


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