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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: "uba friday" <uba20010@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 16:56:03 +0000
Subject: FROM Friday uba


DEAR MR. EYBE CAXTON,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR E-MAIL,IT IS NOT THAT I AM WRITING A BIG LETTER
TO YOU BUT I AM TRYING TO MAKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THIS
TRANSACTION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SOME HOW, SO I AM TRYING TO
CLERIFY YOU VERY WELL. THIS TRANSACTION IS REAL IF YOU CAN GIVE ME MAXIMUM
CO-OPERATION OVER THIS TRANSACTION, I WILL LIKE TO PROCEED WITH YOU AND YOU
WILL MAKE ME TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING MY LATE CLIENT ENGR
ARTHUR LAKSHMI.
THIS US11.5M UNITED STATES DOLLARS, WHAT MAKE ME TO CONTACT YOU , I DON'T
WANT THIS MONEY TO BE SHIFTED TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TREASURE BECAUSE MY BANK
IS WAITING FOR THE FAMILY OF LATE CLIENT ENGR ARTHUR LAKSHMI TO COME AND
CLAIM THE FUND. UPTILL NOW, NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME OUT AND CLAIM THE
MONEY, NOW MY BANK DECIDED TO SURRENDER THE MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TREASURE WHICH I DONT WANT TO BE SO BECAUSE ANYBODY WHICH I PRESENT TO MY
BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN, THEY WILL QUICKLY LISTEN TO HIM, IF YOU CAN FOLLOW
MY ADVICE, I WILL GIVE YOU THE GUIDELINE HOW THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO
YOUR ACCOUNT AND I WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE FUND PLEASE
I AM STILL TELLING YOU THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, WHAT I NEED FROM
YOU NOW IS FOR YOU TO KINDLY SEND ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX AND YOUR
IDENTIFICATION TO ENABLE ME KNOW THE PERSON I AM DEALING WITH.LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.


BEST REGARDS

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