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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: DR HUCK LAMAN <hucklaman083@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:18:23 -0500
Subject: From: Dr. Huck Laman



From: Dr. Huck Laman
Johannesburg South Africa
TEL: +27 76 190 5913
E-mail: hucklaman12@aim.com


Attn: Sir,


Courtesy of business opportunity, I take liberty anchored on strong
desire to solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficiary and
risk free transaction with you, which I hope you give urgent attention.

To be precise; I am Dr. Huck Laman Senior manager of ABSA BANK Limited
Johannesburg South Africa. In my department, we discovered an
abandoned sum of US$ 43 Million(Forty Three Million United State
Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our customers who died
along with his entire family in 1988 Lockerbie Pan American Airline
plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we
cannot release it unless somebody applied for it as next of kin or
relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking procedures, but
unfortunately to no avail and nobody has come forward to claim the
money.


Therefore upon this discovery that I and other two officials in my
department, we now decide to establish a cordial business relationship
with you, hence my contacting you; We want you to purportedly present
your good self as the next of kin or relation of the deceased so that
we can release the fund (money) into your account for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and again we do
not want the money to go into the government account as unclaimed bill
.The banking law and procedures herein stipulates that any accounts
abandoned or dormant for a period of some years is subject to be
closed and all money contained therein will be forfeited to the
government treasury account. Now it is being speculated that the above
sum will be transferred into government treasury account as unclaimed
fund on or before November 2010. The reason for you to present your
good self as the next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the
deceased customer was a foreigner.

Mode of Sharing After the successful completion of the transfer is as
follows, for the role you will be expected to play in the whole
exercise, we have agreed to give you Thirty (30%) of the total sum,
and 10% has been set aside for the expenses we are going to encounter
by both parties in the process of this transaction and the remaining
60% shall be for my colleagues and I in support of the aforementioned,
you are urged to reply this letter indicating your readiness and
interest to participate in the business.

After your reply, you will be advised on the next step afterwards. I
quite believe that you will protect our interest by keeping this
business top secret and confidential. Your interest will be equally
protected, as we must maintain maximum confidentiality.

Trust to hear from you on this TEL: +27 76 190 5913 or E-mail:
hucklaman12@aim.com

Count on your earliest reply.

Thanks
Yours Faithful
Dr. Huck Laman


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