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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Obaretin Ehikioya" <ehikioya@obaretinforjesus.com>
Reply-To: obaretinforjesus@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 07:26:05 +0000
Subject: Calvary Greetings

Dear Brother in christ,

Calvary Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord! How is things going with the ministry hope all is well.Well I saw u through the internet .But it is a testimony to me because since that day the evil doing around me ran away i truly know that the true god exist.For that i will appriciate if you send me 5 copies of bibles so that i can share the idea of true word of God with other people who need this so that their lifes can also change like mine,Just consider that we are doing this to win more soul for Lord and i will be very ready to spread the word of God.

Thanks and i hope to hear from you soonest and i pray that God almighty will grant you more miracle because i know he will.

This is my contact address

22 Osaro street, off m.m way

Benin city, Edo state

Nigeria.

Brother in christ

Obaretin Ehikioya

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