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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: "ken okoro" <kenokoro007@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:41:58 +0000
Subject: pls get back to me

Dear Friend,
I saw your profile in one of the web Concerning the
thing that i want to tell you about,
This is something about a girl whose name is Sandra johnson.
Her parents died on a very gastly and fatal road
accident.

The father of this Sandra johnson was a very rich and wealthy man.
but he has no son his daughter sandra would not inherit
his property according to the tradition of the
people in their area.
which states that a girl cannot inherit the wealth of
her father only the male child can, But this man has no
son.
So the uncles of this girl now take all the
possesion of the late man and
push the girl out.
She is now with me,and even here with me my wife wants
to throw her out of the house.

This girl being an actful lady secured the money her
father droped in bank
$Us 6,Million dollars. which her wicked uncles knew
not about it. So the
problem we have is that we are looking for a
foreigner who can assist us
both financially and other wise by accepting our
request to send the money
to your account. once this is done we will come over
there and have the
money shared. And do know that
we are ready to give you 30% of the total fund once
the money is secured
through you.

So if you are willing to help out, please mail me
back with your;

Your Full Name: ___________________________

Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):____________________

Direct Telephone Number: ____________________________

Mobile Number:_______________________________________

Fax Number:____________________________________

Thanks,
Mr Ken Okoro

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