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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 ADEBAYO <edward_adebayo2001@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: edward_adebayo1@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 01:34:06 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CONTACT MY PARTNER.



Dear Friend,

Longest time, I hope all is well together with your family, if so glory
be to God almighty. Well, Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me. I’m happy to inform that tremendous progress has been made in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay.

Presently I’m in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of total sum. Mean while, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring this funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Nigeria his name is Mr. Mike Eze.on his
E-mail address stated below :----------( partner20@o2.pl) Ask him
to send you the total Amount of $800.000.00.US dollars which I kept for
your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.

So feel free and get in touched with my secretary and instruct him where to send the Bank Draft ,and send him your contact information such as:

Your Full Name
Your Home Address
Your Phone Number
Your Occupation
Your country and city
Your Age
Sex ...

So that he will submit it to the courier company where i directed him
for the check to be sent to your designated address without any delay.

Please do let me know immediately if you receive it so that we can
share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time ok I am very busy here
because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand,

Best regards,

Edward Adebayo.



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