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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: "steve olkusz" <s_olkusz@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:42:46 -1200
Subject: From Steve Olkusz,

>From Steve Olkusz,
Economic Community of West
African Refugee Camp,[ECOWAS]
Enugu. Nigeria
Email: s_olkusz@yahoo.co.in
phone: +234 8052241714

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is With warm heart that i offer my friendship and my
greetings and hope this letter meets you in good time. I
know it will surprise you to receive these message from me
since you do not know me and have not met me in person,
however my name is Steve Olkusz the first son of Paul Olkusz
the most popular black farmer murdered in the land reform
dispute in my country Zimbabwe, i got your contact through
our research in the Internet and decided to contact you
through email as it is the only means i can contact anybody
now for political and safety reasons, i however apologies if
these letter is not acceptable to you as our purpose is to
seek your most needed assistance which was as a result of
the President introduction of new Land Act Reform and his
desire to hold on to power for life.
My father's support for the (M.D.C) Movement of Democratic
Change in Zimbabwe the main opposition party, led to his
murder and other innocent lives, we were continually
threatened and we finally fled Zimbabwe when the danger
became unbearable having survived two murder attempts. We
are currently staying in the economic com unity of west
African refugee camp in Nigeria west Africa as political
refugees, However before the death of my father , he
withdrew all of the family business foreign accounts in
dollars and sold up his shares with some major companies and
deposited the sum of Thirty Six Million United States
Dollars with a SECURITY VAULT COMPANY called Alert Security
Company the principle company of Euro Diplomatic & Security
Co in Europe. These money was deposited with these Security
company for safety and security reasons and was to be used
for the purchase of land, new machines and chemicals
establishment of new farms in Africa and Europe.
Actually, our aim is to transfer these money to an account
so that we can invest part of it, but sadly we were informed
that the law of Federal Republic of Nigeria do not permit a
refugee (asylum seeker) to operate an account or be involved
in any Financial transaction, we decided then to seek for a
reliable foreigner who is trustworthy and God fearing to
assist us stand as our Trustee and setup an account with his
or her name to receive this fund on our behalf and also
assist us relocate in your country for proper investment of
this fund with your assistance, We shall arrange a face to
face meeting with you and the security company either here
or in any of their foreign office to enable us discuss with
them face to face with you before the release of these fund
to your your nominated save accounts.
Please we know quite well that these assistance will cost
you your time but be rest assured that I and my mother have
resolved to offer you 20% of the total fund as your reward
for assistance and also make you our investment guardian
when relocated to your country, We shall provide you with
every needed document and details required in this
transaction upon your response in this mutual venture. But
Pls whereby you are not capable to offer this assistance do
assist us discuss these with any capable individual who is
honest and God fearing.We will provide you with our full
contact details to facilitate communication upon a positive
response from you so Please get in touch with my email above
or you can give us a call using +234 8052241714 send to us
also your Telephone and fax numbers for further details
concerning this proposal.

Thanks

Steve Olkusz Jr.


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