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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: "john emma" <johnemma77@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnemm5050@excite.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:24:28 +0000
Subject: RE-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

RE-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

Greetings!

For this letter is strictly personal, intimate and confidential. Forgive
this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of
exceptional and very private nature. There is absolutely going to be a great
doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled with the
fact that, so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet to
facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for
genuine and legitimate business class persons to get attention and
recognition. There is no way for me to know whether I will be properly
understood, but it is my duty to write and reach out to you. For I know that
you are the only one that can be trusted to handle this project effectively
without making us regret

I am Mr. John Emma, born 56yrs ago, worked and retired from the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC) one year ago. Before my retirement I
worked directly with the former Group Managing Director as his personal
assistance (PA) on Contract Award Department.
My reason for communicating you is to ask for your assistance to help and
receive and invest on my behalf the sum of USD$9.5M (Nine Point Five
Million U.S Dollars ) only in oil industry oversea. The fund was realized
from the contract we awarded during our tenure in the office and currently
deposited with (Global Bank PLC) in one of the cities in West Africa as
family treasure.
I must confess that this deal is 100% risk free as all arrangement have been
properly reached with the Director of the International Operations
Department of the Bank to have the fund released to any one I should front
as the final receiver/beneficiary of the deposit as since after my
retirement from the office, I have been having hard time as I am among those
that the government of the day has their traveling documents seized, bank
accounts frozen and currently facing trial for what we know nothing about.

I will appreciate if you can consider and assist me with this request in
other for the rest of my family to leave even after my life. I will let you
have 25% of the total sum for time and support while the 75% will be
invested to my favor in Oil Industry.
Looking forward reading/hearing from you urgently via email box
with your contact details such as Tel, Fax and current mailing Address.

Best Regards.
Mr. John Emma.


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