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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: Chioma Nnadi <nnadi.c@yandex.com>
Reply-To: Chioma Nnadi <cnnadi11@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:05:11 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings and Happy New Year To You Dear friend,


Greetings Dear friend,

Good day to you. I am pleased to get across your profile Besides being interested in living and investing in your country, I want you to know that mystery happened in my life on Friday Sep 5, 2014, in the Borno state of northeast Nigeria, where the radical Islamist faction of Boko Haram attacked our home town and murdered my family.

My father and my mother was among the 180 people that was killed on that day and before the tradegy occured three days earlier my father had the feeling and called me and told me that he is been envied by his business associate because he is not a native of Borno state, as he migrated from Delta State in Nigeria, at his early age. My late father was into Nigeria Oil Business and acquired much wealth. My parents were killed by the Boko Haram, now am alone without father and mother, and without family as the only child of my parents. you may reading more news here   http://www.presstv.com/detail/2014/09/05/377719/boko-haram-stage-manhunt-in-seized-town/

My father told me that I should leave the country immediately should anything happen to him. My life is really in danger now because the killers of my family the so called Boko Haram are looking for me too to terminate my life as I manage to escape when they have problem with Cameroon authorities and am afraid of the Nigeria authorities based on my late fathers advise and other things he revealed to me before his sudden death that I should leave the country immediately in case of death. Now I have succeeded in crossing to another West Africa country where I am contacting you from presently. Bear in mind that I come to you with a clear intention and good faith needing your help due to my present situation that I find myself here in Africa, after the death of my parents.

My name is Miss.Chioma Nnadi, 19 Years old daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Slaoui Nnadi,  I will give you more details and also reveal to you about a secret deposit in a security company in Cote D'Ivoire , in my name the total sum of US$18.3 Million Dollars (EIGHTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). Please if you can be of sincere help to me let me know as to furnish you with the company and the deposit details so that you can contact them and receive the deposit in your country. My private Email address:

Thank you and may God bless you Amen!!

Best wishes and regards,

Miss.Chioma Nnadi.


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