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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: "Edward Oma" <edwardoma1_3@msn.com>
Reply-To: mredward_o@myway.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:45:06 +0000
Subject: Barrister EDWARD OMA.

Dear Friend,

Please, do not be offended if this message comes to you as I ought to have
sought your consent and approval before e-mailing this proposal I acted as I
did due to the importance and urgency of this business. Which ever way you
may look at it, let it please you to respond quickly either negatively or
positively.
I am Barrister EDWARD OMA,an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer to
Engineer M.A.Stevens, a foreigner who used to work with Shell International
Republic of Togo, Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. As it may
interest you to know, I got your contact through the internet proffesional
Data Base by devine inspiration as I was going through some directories. I
decided to contact you in order to champion such a business magnitude
without any problem. On the 21st of April 2001,my client,his wife and their
two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway
while arriving from a Holiday to Lome.All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several inquiries to
their embassy to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also
proved unsuccessful.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at
US$10.5m,(Ten million and five hundred thousand United States Dollars),left
behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited.
The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present as the next of kin to the
deceased , so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk
free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30%
of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care
of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 65% will be for me. All I require from you is your honest
co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.


I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Upon your acceptance to this
proposal, I expect your urgent response indicating your full interest in
this great business transaction to our both mutual trust. You have to fill
in your contact on the form below for our easy communication.
Get back to me at my private email address(mredward_o@myway.com) for
confidentiality reason. For further clarification you can always reach me
any time,i am presently in Nigeria working on a contract business award.

Sincerely,
MR EDWARD OMA.

FULL NAME...............................................
COMPANY NAME: ...........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE...................................
MARITAL STATUS..................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..................................
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE.............(identification on delivery)
Note:edward_chambers2006@myway.com
mredward_o@myway.com


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