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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: "Mr. Joe Milton." <joemilton00002@mail.ru> (may be fake)
Reply-To: joemilton001@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:36:35 -0800
Subject: Let's handle this togather

Hello,
I am sending you this message from London because i am presently on a working visit from Nigeria to United kingdom. I have this urgent issue i must conclude before i go back to Nigeria.
I am Mr. Joe M ilton the Lagel adiver to Late Chief (Mrs.) Stella Obasanjo (Wife of President Olusegun Obasanjo) the founder of Child Care Trust Vocation Center. She died at Molding Clinic in Puerto Banus, near Marbella-Spain. Early morning of Saturday, October 22, 2005, she died following post-surgery complications. Her body was been flown back home and has been given a state burial.
Three weeks earlier before her death we deposit the $8.5 million USD with a Finance and Security Company here in Nigeria stated that the money will be use for the payment for a contractor for procurement of materials for her pet project; Child Care
Trust Vocation Center in Bwari, the Federal Capital Territory(FCT).
There are certain reasons that made it mandatory that she must make secret her plans. One she did not want the $8.5 million deposit to be of public knowledge due to earlier scandal which dealt "a blow in the belly" to the president's fight against corruption. Public knowledge of the existence of this deposit will call for a lot of Questioning and will further bring untold scandal to the President and the Nation.
Late Stella Obasanjo did not mention the contractor's name of address before she died. Now i am contacting you to as to transfer this this funds into your account in your country or outside. I am therefore soliciting your cooperation to front you as the contractor to enable you claim this deposit. We will share it 30% for you, 30% for the other person while 40% for me.
This operation requires that we will forward your name to the Finance and Security Company, which they will make a contact with and you will lay claims of the deposit.
Please consider this secret and urgent operation and if you are sure you can handle it, reach me back for final negotiations and details i am presently in London because of this deal. Kindly reply me with joemil0005@yahoo.com
Thanks for your kind cooperation.
Regards.
Mr. Joe Milton.



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