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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: j_momoh@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:52:54 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20READ=20AND=20REPLY=2E?=

Hello ,

My name is Dr. John Momoh, an account manager for my branch depositor who
was a contractor to one of the oil producing companys' in Nigeria. My client
and his family were killed in a communal clash just by where they stayed.

Since then I have made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any
of my clients extended Relatives, this has proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to locate a foreigner
hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me claim the money
he deposited with our bank before the management of our bank confiscates
the money, because the account has been long declared unserviceable by the
Management of our bank , where the deceased had an account Valued at about
$12.5 M.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $12.5 M can be paid to you. Then you and I, can share
the money. I shall explain to you in details how it will work out successfully
for both us as soon as you indicate your willingness to be part of this
life time opportunity.

Please reply me on this email address:johnmomoh1960@hotmail.com

Thanks.

Dr John Momoh.




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