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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: "Daniel Idowu" <danowu44@msn.com>
Reply-To: danowu44@excite.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:02:42 +0000
Subject: Matter of Trust

Happy new year,
Please your acceptance should be to this mailing address: dan4owu44@yahoo.fr
I hope my email gets to you in good health. I am in need of your assistance. My name is Engr .Daniel Idowu with National Electric Power Authority here in Nigeria (N.E.P.A) I am in the Engineering unit here , we have about $25 Million US dollars mapped out after the years auditing with my two Principal associates, that we want to move out of the country. My partners and I need a good partner someone we can trustand with due legality for overall process.
But for the anticipated policy about being in place by the present government, movement should be through diplomatic means, enroute any of the recieving finance homes directly or a bank of your choice using diplomatic courier service.
The most important thing is that can we trust you? Once the funds get to you, you take your 40% out and keep our own 60%. Your own part of this deal is to recieve and find a safe place where the funds can be sent to.
Our own part is sending it to you.If you are interested I will furnish you with more details. But the
whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Regards,
Engr. Daniel Idowu.

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