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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. PAUL OKADIGBO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drpaulokadigbo2@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:28:02 +0100
Subject: Urgent Response.

Dear Sir,

My name is Dr. Paul Okadigbo of the Telex & Computer Department of the African Development Bank
(A.D.B). I am sending this private e-mail based on the confidentiality of the transaction. Please, I

will like to advise you that after going through this proposal and youdo not accept it, kindly keep it

to yourself. I am still in service with the A.D.B and will not by any means like to lose my job if you

are not
interested.

I have put in over 23 years in this bank and has nothing to show for it. This is an opportunity for me

to ensure that I give my children a decent training since my government has refused to take care of

it's responsibilities. In fact, I am sick and tired of everything here and needs to get out of this

country. I found out that you almost met all the statutory requirements for your payment and also
advise that no security company here can handle your contract payment or inheritance fund with any bank

without the instructions of the African development bank.

Your problem is that of interest group in the Central Bank which is supposed to transfer your fund with

the approval of the ADB. A lot of people are interested in your payment and that explains why you

receive e-mails and phone calls from different people everyday. Their target is to frustrate you to

abandon the payment while they will be comfortable and free to transfer the contract funds into
their overseas account.

Their aim and target is not the moneyyou are giving them but to frustrate you to loose trust on whom to
believe to be genuine. I can assure you that this may last for years yet nothing happens. To sum it up,

I wish to assure you that with my position in the Telex & Computer Department, I can punch the
computer and credit your account straight. I can accomplish this under five working days. But we have

to reach an agreement. First of all, you will let me know how much you will give me
at the final conclusion of this deal.

Finally, you will have to accept to keep this transaction strictly confidential. If you accept my
proposal, kindly get back to me immediately on my private e-mail:
drpaulokadigbo2@yahoo.com and confirm your particulars on reply.

Best regards,
DR. PAUL OKADIGBO

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