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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Tony Okonji" <okonjitony2002@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: tony_okonji2002@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 03:02:50 +0100
Subject: From Disk of: Smith Tony Okonji

From Disk of: Smith Tony Okonji

I am Smith Tony Okonji Of The Central Bank Of Nigeria Finance And
Survellance Departmen {CBN}, First, i must solicit your confidence in this

transaction.This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL
AND TOP
SECRET. however after series of petition was recieved by this present regime

from
foreign contractors and reports from the world Bank and the
International
Monetry Fund (I.M.F)as the inability of the Central Bank of Nigeria to
fulfill
their obligation for the payment to its foreign creditors, Our Head of
State
(the president) in conjuntion with the council of ministers,has
mandated
us to carry out a careful and comprehensive review of all overdue
payments
to foreign contractors and to effect payments immediately,so as to
sanitize
the image of our great country caused by the embarrasment.

In view of the above,the country has found it very necessary to review
some
contract files and application submitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria
for payment. After going through some contracts files and with all
application
further carefully investigated.I found out to my greatest surprise that
some of them are not the actual Beneficiary of the funds they were
about
to claim.They were acting in collaboration with some highly placed
connected
government officials here in Nigeria to claim these money.this deal was
done during the time of our millitary dictationship. And I am sure,and
in
no doubt that this is one of the reason why the funds has not been
transfered
into their accounts.
Really,this fund is still existing in our government annual report
payment
schedules on foreign debt as unclaimed and in their favour as the sole
beneficiary.But
it is really unfortunate that their representative here in Nigeria did
not
complete the transaction because they dont have the experience and so
they
abandon the transaction.


My main purpose of contacting you is for you to help me to receive this
money in europe,All we need from you is to use as a front to the said
fund
to claim this fund, we will send the money diplomatically to because of
security reasons, This is the way we pay our foreign contractors that
can
not come to sign off their funds in the central bank due to one thing
or
the other,we have being able to secure $15 .5 million now.
This means that I am looking for a very honest/reliable and trustworthy
foreigner who will recieve the said sum on my behalf for our sharing.
This
individual will become the beneficiary contractor of the inflated sum
of
$15.5 Million Dollars. This will be achieved by changing/swapping the
name
of the contractor to your name and securing all the needed
documentations
in your name and then the fund will move diplomatically to our
affiliate
where you will take delivery of it on my behalf. Every modalities have
been
put in place to actualise this fund without any hitch,

NOTE: Let honesty,confidentiality and trust be our watchword throughout
this deal and your prompt reply will be highly appreciated thank you
for
your anticipated co-operation while I look forward to a matually
benefitting
business relation with you. If this proposal satisfies you, please
contact
me Through this email address tony_okonji2002@walla.com with the
following
important information.
Name / Address with your Personal
Phone / Fax Numbers for easy communication. This
transaction will last for 14 working days from the
time we submit the required information, as all
modalities concerning this transaction have been
worked out and it is completely risk free.
Please be informed that this subject is classified
sensitive. Therefore treat the transaction with utmost
confidentiality and urgency.
Yours Faithfully.

Smith Tony Okonji .
Private email: tony_okonji2002@walla.com



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