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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: "JOHN UCHE" <johnuche20004@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: johnuche20002@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:03:46 +0100
Subject: TEL:234-8050772752

FROM: DR JOHN IBE UCHE
DIRECTOR OF PAYMENT
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
TEL:234-8050772752


DEAR SIR/MADAM,

RE: APPROVAL OF $15.5 MILLION CONTRACT PAYMENT


I am a director with the Federal Ministry of Finance and was instructed
by the Hon Minister of Finance of Nigeria to find out before the end of
this month, WHY your contract payment/ claim of your fund have not been
credited to your account, after instructions has been passed to all
various Government quarters that all over due contract/claim payments
should be released as a lot of petitions by beneficiary's has been
received
by the Minister.


Your bank details are what this office want you to reconfirm, with your
telephone and fax numbers, and any other inform! ation on WHY you have
not received your payment up-till date?. However I will give my
assistance to make sure your file is in order for payment as two people
came
for the claim of the fund and submitted account saying that you are not
well and n o longer interested in the fund.


Yours faithfully


DR JOHN IBE. UCHE



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