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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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Fraud email example:

From: tonny edeh <tonnyedeh777@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:54:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: APPLY FOR ANTI-TERRORIST CLEARANCE FORM/USE THIS EMAIL:drtonyedeh2000@yahoo.com for reply


With regards to your email of today, I want to reassure you that so far I am in charge your problems will come to an end, because I have done my home work and will guarantee you the success of this transaction in Five (5) working days. I am also happy for your good response, understanding and promise not to betray you in any way.
Every effort you had put into this deal in the past was a wasted effort, hence I personally wrote for stoppage of this transaction as you read in my first letter. This deal would have been a success if not for the way your friends treated me, because I cannot be denied of my right in my own office. They did not even consider that it
might affect my job.

However, in this present stage, you are nothing but my partner, as I said I could have made arrangement with some other foreign company, but due to all the information of the purported contract is in your name already, hence making such move can only result to cancellation of the amount in question.

To this effect, the only thing you need to do is to apply immediately through our acredited attorney(Barr.Moses Chinedu) Federal Ministry of Justice in Lagos and apply for the Anti- Terrorist clearance certificate form with the completion and return of the form together with the payment proof of the anti-terrorist application fee, the defence ministry will issue you the anti-terrorist clearance certificate which will be recognize by sixteen International Countries confirming that the funds in question is not related to any act of Terrorism.

To this end, all you need to do is to apply through Federal Ministry of Justice in Lagos through our acredited attorney
{email:barr_moses2005@yahoo.com} requesting for the anti-terrorist Clearance form. Once that has been taking care of leave the rest for me to handle, because I will provide the plan of the site where this contract was executed and also provide documents that will back this transaction up.
Finally, due to my position in the government, I will like you to be contacting me privately and no other person. If you want this transaction to be finalize safely without any hitch. Since you have agreed for the 25% share that I requested and to help my wife open a domiciliary account I will proceed immediately on my own side by providing vital documents that will back you up now and in future.

Do not forget to apply for the Anti-Terrorist clearance form. I have promised you and my word remains my bond. Remember that all the documents you have is not registered, due to the stop order letter I wrote to the Presidency.For the susccess of this project,Stop any further communication with who so ever till the money gets into your account to avoid divertion of the money.
Call me on this number 234-806-021-2026 and all i will like you to give your private telephone number for oral discussion.

Your Faithfully,
Dr. Tony Ede,
DIRECTOR {K.T.T UNIT} C.B.N.
234-806-021-2026



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