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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: "MRS. LORETTA OGBODOSOWO'S." <loretta32davies@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lorettaosu@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 06:01:27 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

ATTN: SIR,
URGENT PROPOSAL
I AM MRS.LORETTA OGBODOSOWO'S THE WIFE OF THE FORMER
CHAIRMAN OF THE LIBERIAN GOLD AND DIAMOND MINING
COMPANY CHIEF DOUGLAS OGBODOSOWO HE WAS AT A TIME, A
CABINET MINISTER OF MINES AND POWER, ALONGSIDE OTHER
IMPORTANT PERSONALITY PROFILE OF WHICH WE CANNOT TALK
ABOUT THAT NOW. MY ONLY SON, JEFFERY OGBODOSOWO WHO BY
AFRICAN TRADITION IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
DOCUMENTED LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, HE IS THE NEXT OF KIN
AND BENEFICIARY TO HIS LATE FATHER'S PROPERTIES. MY
HUSBAND OF A BLESSED MEMORY WAS ASSASINATED BY SOME
TOP MILITARY OFFICIAL, THEY ACCUSS HIM OF DIAMOND GEM
LOOTING AND EMBEZELLEMENT OF FUNDS ABROAD. BEFORE HIS
DEATH, HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $15.300.000.00USD (FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS) AND SOME
QUANTITY OF 3.50 F-CARAT DIAMONDS IN A
PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ACCRA-GHANA FOR
SAFE-KEEPING. THE SECURITY COMPANY IS NOT AWARE OF THE
CONTENT AS THEY WERE DEPOSITED AS PRIVILEGE
CONSIGNMENT UNDER THE PRETEXT OF AFRICAN METAL
ARTWORK. IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT THE BOXES WERE
LODGED HERE IN GHANA, I ALSO DECIDED TO COME ALONG
WITH MY ONLY SON TO RESIDE HERE ON POLITICAL ASYLUM
DUE TO GHANA POLITICAL STABILITY, FOR SECURITY
REASONS. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STAYING AT BUGUMBURA
REFUGEE CAMP. AND WE NEED A GOD FEARING AND HONEST
PERSON AS A PARTNER OVERSEAS WHO WILL ASSIST TO
RETRIEVE THE (2) BOXES FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AND
FACILITATE MOVING IT TO YOUR COUNTRY, AS MY SON WILL
LATER JOIN YOU FOR INVESTMENT, HENCE WE ARE CONTACTING
YOU TODAY FOR ASSISTANCE. IT IS OUR DESIRE TO GO INTO
PROPERTY INVESTMENT OR ANY OTHER PROFITABLE BUSINESS
AREA OF YOUR CHOICE AND WORK AS PARTNERS. FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE I WILL COMPENSATE YOU WITH 37% COMMISSION
OF THE $15.3M (FIFTEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) BEFORE WE GO INTO PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT.
PLEASE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED.


THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.
YOUR'S TRULY.

MRS. LORETTA OGBODOSOWO'S


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