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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: ekwem@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:09:13 +0100
Subject: MR EKWEM ONUDU

FROM MR EKWEM EKWU ONUDU
Abidjan Republic of Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa
Tel 225-05-812367
Private Email : ekwemekwu3@voila.fr

Dear ,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into relationship with you,
I got your name and contact from your country directory, please i need a
trust-worthy person that will help me to transfer this money

I am MR EKWEM ONUDU , the only Son of late Mr and Mrs EKWU ONUDU. My father
was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Monrovia the Gold Capital of republic
of Liberia all in west africa before my father was
poisoned by his business associates while my mother died when i am little
and my father took me so special because I am his only son. before the death
of my father on 4th November 2004 in a hospital here in cote d'ivoire,
he secretly called me and told me that he has the sum of(USD $15 MILLION
FIFTEEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS )which he deposited in a bank here in Cote
D'ivoire.

He also made me understand that it was because of this money he was poisoned
by his business associates while on a business trip with them and he instructed
me to
look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out of my
cote divoire and invest it for me,
my purpose of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money to your
country before this peoples who kill my father will kill me too because
if those people who kill my father see me they will like to collect all
the documents of this money from me before they will kill me that is why
I'm now hiding in a local place here so they cant see me remember I will
compensate you with 30% of this money if you help me to transfer the money
to your account l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because
this money is the my only hope in this life and you will also help me to
come over to your country to continue my education while you will invest
my own share of the money for me.
i can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is an inheritance from
my late father,

I am waiting to hear from you,

EKWEM EKWU ONUDU
Private Email( ekwemekwu3@voila.fr )
Tel 225-05-81-23-67






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