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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: "sarah agbo" <sarah_agbo@msn.com>
Reply-To: sarah4agbo@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:58:54 +0000
Subject: OFFER FROM SARAH AGBO (URGENT)

Greetings to you,
 
My name is Sarah Agbo ,I am a NIGERIAN National, I work as an
administrative secretary to Provident Insurance Company in Nigeria. I decided
to contact you, to be my partner in business, I have been working with (P.I.C)company
for the past 7 years. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous
precision how African heads of states and government functionaries have been
using Provident Insurance Company to shift their money abroad .

They move the money in USD ($), Pound Sterling, French France- (Cash) to
their foreign partners. They bring in, this consignment of money and secretly
declare the content as jewelleries, gold, diamond, precious stones, family
treasure, etc.
 
The late Mobutu Seseko of Zaire, Foday S.Sanko of Sierra-Leone, the
late Felix Houphet Buigny of Ivory Cost, Henry Konan Bedie of Ivory Cost,
the late Gen.Sani Abacha of Nigeria,etc. these past heads of states and president
have hundreds of consignments deposited with Provident Insurance company.Their
foreign partners, friends, and relatives, have claimed most of this consignments.
A lot of them are still lying here unclaimed for as much as 15years, nobody
may ever come for them, because in most cases, the documents of deposit are
never available to any body except the depositor, and most
of them are dead.
 
Since the inception of the 2000 millennium, Provident Insurance
Companys, management changed the policy/procedure of claims of consignments.That
as soon as you are able to produce all the secret information as contained
in the secret file of any consignments, it will be released to you upon demand.
 
The late president Robert Guie of Ivory Coast has over 7 consignments
deposited with several names and codes. 4 of this consignment have been
claimed in past (6) six months. Before he was murdered in capital city
Abidjan recently. I have finished every arrangement as to the claim,
for you to come and claim consignment, No.1201 containing $18 million Dollars,and
Consignment No.1252 containing $10 Million Dollars, My plan is to supply
you with all the information and documents, by Fax. You will deal with the
management directly, I will officially see to it that the Manager of Provident
Insurance Company, process the documents, that I will send to you. (This
is between both of us) with these documents I will send to you, as to the
claim of consignment No.1252 . They will demand some secret codes, I will
supply you with every detailed information, through fax, as to the claim
of the consignments. As soon as, they confirm it to be correct.They will
invite you for the collection. If you do not want to come to Nigeria, you
can arrange with them to transfer the money to you in your country, upon
agreement. Nobody will ever know I am involved in this deal in the company.I'll suggest
upon conclusion, we share 50-50.You'll arrange for me and my family to come
over to your country.
 
I assure you that the business have been hatched for 5 years now, it is very
secure and risk free. You can e-mail for further explanations and directive
on the procedure.
 
Please Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule,I await your urgent
response.
 
Regard's
Sarah Agbo
+234 803 488 5584

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