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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: "DR NGOZI OKORO" <drngoziokoro@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:57:45 +0000
Subject: urgent response

Att:

I got your address from a reliable source.I am Dr Ngozi okoro, a former
accountant in Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC). 10yrs ago there was
this contract executed by Strabag Company Plc (a registered company).The
contract was executed only on paper.
This contract worth $30m (us dollars) and the money was channelled for
transfer into the company's foreign account in Zuric but went stragically
stocked, the then, head of state General Sanni Abacha died and the money
went stocked.
However, my own person is now heading NNPC and this money is now to be
paid, the only problem now is that it cannot longer go to the company's
account since all those domiciliary account have been closed by the present
government.
Therefore, if you can help by providing an account to transfer this
sum($30m us dollars) I will be generous enough to compensate you with 30% of
this sum, that is $90,000. If you are interest contact me immediately for
further details.

Yours,
Dr Ngozi Okoro


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