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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: "Emeka"<emkajoe@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:34:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: PLEASE,HELP ME


Hello, Compliment of the day. Sincerely, I am a total stranger to you, but I plead that in view of my status as a total stranger and the mode of this correspondency, I pray you don’t regard my mail as a SPAM or JUNK MAIL or a PROMO, I also plead in advance for any inconvenience it might cause to you. My purpose of sending this mail through this medium is to seek from you a favour of financial contribution to the remaining amount of one hundred and six-two thousand naira,about one thousand ,two hundred us Dollars. In other to pay-in into EKO BANK OF NIGERIA PLC account of ARMANDO SPECIALIST HOSPITAL at 14 Barracks Road, Eket Nigeria, to commence and falicitate my planned lower abdomen and waist region skeletal dislocation as a result of an automobile accident on 15 January, 2007, on my return from my native home after observing our mid-season break co-joined with the end of the year holiday. Quiet alright, I know that as a human being, you must have your personal
proposals and budgets as such, you must have arranged to persecute them and again, as a matter of fact, I am not connected or related to you on any wherever, but I honestly plead you to care for me on any level you might be opportune. Please, I want you to note that before I was urged to use this medium, I have exhausted all avenue to source for more money for my rehabilitation. Please consider, my mail to you is not by mistake, rather a divine connection, so therefore, please if you may be opportune, capable and willing to help me to walk well at least, kindly contact me with my personal call- number [+2348026718019] or my email address [emkajoe@yahoo.com]. Moreso, even though I am choked and pressed with this problem, consider your position to be on a safe expenditure side, before contributing, because I’m asking for a freewill contribution towards the remaining amount . Please note that I’m not promising you a pay back, in the sense that I don’t know what the
future will be for me after the operation programe, my club has temporary after initially sponsoring/ paying the bill incured on my first treatment and paying the agreed one quarter (1/4) of the charge for the proposed three months intensive rehabilitation programe, after a prostrated debate on how the expenses will be shared with my personal manager and mentor, Mr Idongesit Apostolic of [+2348029522202].With an anticipation of your response to me with the given contacts, hopefully for a positive response, I will give an insight details on the amount on my Union Bank Saving account presently, holding-on to be completed upon and be paid in-bulk and full as strictly demanded by the hospital, In the condition that they will take complete care of me for the three months, I were details to be hospitalize. The details as follows, the Hospital, ARMANDO SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, put the bill at four hundred and Eighty Thousand naira, about three thousand five hundred US
dollars[3'500:00 USD], my club paid the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand naira, about Eight hundred and ninety US Dollar[890USD], my team- mates and my fans together with some colleagues contributed a total sum fifty-five thousand naira, about four hundred and six Us Dollars[406 USD], my relatives collectively gave me through my brother the sum of Eighty Thousand naira, about Five Hundred and Ninety Us Dollars[590USD], then in order to raise more money to facilitate the treatment, I decided selling most of my choice personal property raising a parting sum [considering the purchasing price]of six-three thousand naira about four hundred and six –five Ud dollars[465USD], all totaling three Hundred and Eigtheen Thousand naira, about two thousand, three Hundred and fifty one us dollar, remaining one hundred and sixty-two naira, about one thousand two hundred us dollars. In my concluding message, I am seeking for one thousand, two hundred us dollars equivalent, on any
currency you may prefers to send if you may be willing and opportune, please, I do not expect all from you unless you wishes rather your contribution toward the amount. Contrary and comprehensively, I have gotten about 65% of the amount hoping you will above every other principles or protocol donate a welcome sum to enable register for the operation. Finally my dear, I need your co-operation even though that we may or may not meet some day for a physical appreciation. I believe my creator for this save my soul connection.Your ever. EMEKA JONAS.Note: I will advice you to please send your response or to acknowledged the receipt of this mail through my new e-mail address being emkajoe@yahoo.com this address used here for these message are littered up with many junkmails that keep on coming every day making it difficult for me to read my previous mails that came when I was in hospital. So therefore, emkajoe@yahoo is more suitable for me presently and my
call-number still +2348026718019,use the following links know a bit of me [http://www.emkajoe.tripod.com/id1.html]and [http://www.emkajoe.tripod.com/id16.html].Note: I have not formally being booked for the propose rehabilitation treatment, pending when I will pay-in the charged money. my best regardEmeka

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