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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: "Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala" <ervaba@alice.it>
Reply-To: zenithbankplbenin@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:23:04 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR $8.8 MILLION



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I'm Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala finance Minster I have received an
instructional letter today from the office of the presidency under the
instruction of the IMF Authorities ask me to deposit your Inheritance
Lottery fund sum of usd$8.8M belong to you without any delay.

Your Fund has been deposited under Zenith Bank Plc custody, so I advice
to contact them with Full name,Home address,Phone numbers,Occupation and
Bank Information:

Kindly Contact ZENITH BANK LTD
Managing Director:Mr. George Meze
Telephone: +228 6899-3758
Email:(zenithbankplbenin@gmail.com)
(Ref::RBOCIGMKL/00Y/2015)

Yours in service
Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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