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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: "Ogburia Mohammed" <mohamogbu@handbag.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:58:09 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT TRUST.

Greetings,

It is my humble pleasure to write to you this letter, irrespective of the fact that you know me. I got your contact through
web directory. I am Barrister Ogburia Mohammed, company's secretary of Late Mr Rajesh Amit an Indian, owner and director of
ELAS MEDIKIT LTD. On October2002 Late Mr Rajesh Amit did a contract with Nigerian Minstry Of Health. He supplied
medical equiptments to all Nigerian Federal Hospitals. Late Mr Rajesh fully executed the project and it was well commissioned.
But it was unfortunate that the Nigerian Minstry Of Health could not pay him completely before his death on a plane crash in
december 2003 in Transport Africanise Flight boeing 727 in Cotonou Benin Rebublic with other passengers aboard.

Based on recent 18 billion US dollars debt relief by Paris Club to Nigerian government. The federal government of Nigeria in
appreciation ordered the Central Bank Of Nigeria to pay all outstanding debt owing all foreign contractors and companies
whose projects fully executed and commisioned. I want you as a foreigner to solicit on behalf of ELAS MEDIKIT LTD,
so that the Central Bank will pay balance of 16.5 million US dollars owing ELAS MEDIKIT LTD.

I am with a copy of the memorandum of understanding between ELAS MEDIKIT LTD and Federal Minstry Of Health which I
was a signinatory to and I also have with me the tape of the project. I will send to you the application form issue by the
Central Bank to all the companies and the contractors involved so that you apply on behalf of ELAS MEDIKIT LTD.

I will join you in your country for the sharing and investment immediately the fund is release to you.

Declare you interest to assit by sending to me through my email: mohamogbu@ureach.com,
your full name/contact address and phone/fax numbers.

Yours respectively,

Barrister Ogburia Mohammed.


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