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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Godwin=20Eze?= <god_eze51@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: g_eze01@walla.com
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:32:59 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD DAY


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : god_eze51@yahoo.fr



- I am Godwin Eze,the Accountant with Wema Bank Plc of Federal republic of Nigeria.We discovered an abandoned sum of $15,000,000,00 in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two children in November 1997 in a motor accident.The owner of this account is Engineer Steve Moore,a foreigner,And No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and the money involved is(US$15 Million).so Please reply urgently so that I will inform you on the next step to take immediately.I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus:30% for you as foreign partner,60% for me and 10% for the settlement of all local and foreign expenses incurred by me and you during the course of this business.Upon the successful completion of this transfer,I will come to your country and mind our share.Meanwhile,I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign account as a beneficiary.Please,I need a truthful and God fearing person in this Business because I don't want to make a mistake so I need your strong assurance and trust.To commence this transaction,I require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return E-mail and inclose your private contact telephonenumber,Fax number,full names and address and your designated Bank coordinates to enable me file letter of claim in your favor to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.Yours sincerely,Godwin Eze.


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