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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: "charles okadigbo" <cdigbo78@vtxfree.ch>
Reply-To: cdigbo78@ny.com
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:52:40 +0100
Subject: PRIVATE/HELP

Good day,

I am sending you this private email to make a passionate appeal to you for
assistance. Kindly accept my apology for contacting you this way and forgive
me if this is not acceptable to you.

My Name is Charles Okadigbo son of the late former Senate President (Dr
Chuba Okadigbo) who died on the 25th of September 2003 at the age of 61.
I am 28 years old and the eldest son. Please we are seeking an honest foreign
partner to transact business with. We want to move out the sun of US$14.5
million, which was deposited by my father before his death for the purpose
of the 2007 Presidential Election here in Nigeria.

These fund are deposited into a vault security and will be packaged and
dispatched through a security company for onward delivery to its final destination
through diplomatic channel using decoy purporting that the fund belongs
to an expatriate/company, hence we need you to stand as the beneficiary
and claim the fund on our behalf from the security company.

Right now we have decided to invest this money in a viable sector outside
the country of Nigeria. This is because my father death was politically
motivated as he was seen as an obstacle to the ruling People Democratic
party (PDP) come 2007 presidential Election and was tactically assassinated.
When I saw your contact I had a strong feeling that by the grace of God,
you will help us to receive this money and invest part of it wisely for
the family. For obvious reasons, we do not wish to place this fund with
established financial institution in the family's name for security reason.
It is our desire that this transaction be handled as quietly as possible.

If you agree to receive this fund on behalf of my family and to help manage
part of the fund, we shall arrange for the release of this sum of US$14.5
Million to you. Upon a favourable response from you, I shall let you know
the complete details and how you will receive the fund.

Your commission shall be down payment of 15% of the total sum. And annual
5% of the after tax returns on investment you are to manage for the first
five years. Thereafter, the terms shall be varied. We have also decided
to set side 5% to take care of Taxes and reimbursement of expenses made
in the cause of the transaction. After the receipt of the fund, I shall
arrange to
meet with you for a face-to-face discussion.

If you are capable and willing to participate in this transaction, reach
me by e-mail for further briefings.

God bless as I await your response.

Best regards.

Charles Okadigbo

P. S: You can confirm this website below for more information about my father?s
life history and his death. http://www.usafricaonline.com/chubaokadigbo.chido2003.html

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