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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: Tue, 09 May 2006 13:26:41 +0000
Subject: LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

DEAR EYBE CAXTON

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR E-MAIL. I UNDERSTOOD THE CONTENT OF YOUR
E-MAIL, I WANT TO MAKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND SINCE I HAVE PROMISE TO OFFER YOU
THE MONEY IN PERCENTAGE, I MUST SURELY DO THAT. MY GOOD FRIEND , I TOLD YOU
THE INITIAL TIME, THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I AM TOO OLD TO TAKE NONSENSE STEP. I AM VERY VERY SURE FOR THIS
TRANSACTION THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM THAT IS WHY I AM LOOKING FOR
SOMEBODY WHO CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH ME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ACHIEVE OUR
GOAL. SO PLEASE REMOVE ANY FEAR OR DOUBTING MIND, I HAVE ALREADY SENT YOU MY
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT INCLUDED THE CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITE AND DEATH
CERTIFICATE OF LATE ENGR ARTHUR LAKSHMI.

ACCORDING TO YOUR QUESTION, MY GENTLEMAN, I WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION. PLEASE
I NEED SOME CLERIFICATION FROM YOU BEFORE I WILL ANSWER YOU WHAT YOU ASKED
ME FOR BUT BEFORE THE QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED PLEASE WHAT ARE YOU DOING
FOR A LIVING AND WHAT IS YOUR AGE? PLEASE SEND ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND
FAX, SEND ME YOUR I.D CARD OR DRIVING LICENSE SO THAT I WILL KNOW THE PERSON
I AM DEALING WITH.WHEN I RECIEVE THIS REQUIREMENTS FROM YOU THEN I WILL TELL
YOU HOW TO PROCEED AND TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

FRIDAY UBA

NOTE: ACCORDING TO MY TELEPHONE NUMBER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS MY
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER THE REASON I AM USING THIS NUMBER IS TO KEEP THIS
TRANSACTION CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE I DONT WANT ANYBODY TO JUMPATARISE THIS
OPPORTUNITY. I BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND ME.

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