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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: oliver lawuba <oliverlaawuba@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:50:28 -0700
Subject: urgent reply


I have a proposition and i will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in
this matter until the task is accomplished.
Now my questions are:
1. Can you handle a financial project of exceeding US($4.953650 million us
dollars) Can I give you this financial trust as a trustee/stake holder?
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,as the
regional manager of the Barclay\'s bank it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office Barclay\'s bank in GHANA.
My name is Mr OLIVER LAWUBA.the manager of Barclay\'s bank in GHANA.I have
huge amount of funds existence with out clams in my bank,which belongs to
the late customer, who happens to have the same surname as yours. a citizen
of your country.
He was on a trip to japan to visit his company and never return back to
ghana.Later i discovered that he was involved in deadly Earthquake in
japan.His fund is now without claims.
I want your cooperation to receive this fund as the new beneficiary, so
that we can have an agreement and work hand to hand with the bank to
transfer this fund legally into your nominated account.
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so
my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank
account and get 35% of the total funds as commission.
There are practically no risks involved,it will be a bank-to-bank transfer,
and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can
order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept to work with me Send the followings for easy communication.
oliver_lawuba@yahoo.com
Full Name:---------------
Contact Address:---------
Telephone Number:--------
Fax Number:--------------
Occupation:--------------
Sex:---------------------
Age:---------------------
Marital Status:----------
Nationality:-------------
The name of the closest airport to your country of
residence:----------
I will appreciate it very much. reply me so that we can go over the
details.Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.
Yours truly
oliver lawuba
Your partnership required urgently reply to my e-mail:
oliver_lawuba@yahoo.com

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