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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: "david okonji" <drdavidokonji66@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dvdokonji2020@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:08:01 +0000
Subject: From The Desk Of Dr.David Okonji,

>From The Desk Of Dr.David Okonji,
Union bank of Nigeria ,
ILupeju Branch,
Lagos,Nigeria.
Dear Sir/Madam.
TEL 234-26280796

I am Dr.David Okonji, Branch Manager with Union bank of Nigeria Lagos,
Nigeria. I have an urgent and very profitable business proposition for you
that should be handled with extreme confidentiality. On January 6, 1998
a Foreign Consultant and contractor with the Nigerian Railway Corporation
Mr. Abbas Gumeri by name made a numbered time Fixed Deposit for twelve
Calendar months valued at US$15.6M (Fifteen Million, Six Hundred United
States Dollars Only) in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a routine notification in accordance with the Bank
Policy to his forwarding addresses but got no reply. After a month we sent a
reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers
Nigerian Railway Corporation that Mr. Abbas Gumeri died from anautomobile
accident. On further investigation, we found out that he died without making
a Will and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless.I therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr.
Abbas Gumeri did not declare any Next of kin correlations in all his
official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.This sum
of
US$15.6M has been carefully moved out of my bank to a Financial and Security
Company in Europe for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward to claim it
and according to the Law of my country, at the expiration Of 7 years the
money will revert to the ownership of the State (Government) If nobody
applies to claim the fund. This prompted us to contact you. We want you as
the next of kin of our late client thereby making you the legal beneficiary
of the sum of $15.6Million U.S Dollars that is presently in a Financial and
Security Company in Europe. I contacted you because it is against our code
of Ethics to own and operate foreign accounts and your assistance would be
Needed to claim the money in the Financial and Security Company in Europe.
We have unanimously agreed that 25% of the entire sum would be for you if
you agree to take part in this
profitable Transaction, 65% for me while the remaining 10% would be used to
pay back The expenses that may
be incurred during the course of the transaction by both parties after the
Fund has been claimed and lodged in your account.
In the event that you aregenuinely interested in the transaction, the
following information would be needed from you to expedite action
1) Your Full Name.
2) Your Residential or Company Address.
3) Your Private Mobile, Telphone and Fax numbers
Where you can be reached at all time because this transaction entails
Constant communication. The transaction is 100% legal and totally free of
risks as all Modalities have been perfected to ensure the hitch free
successor the transaction. If you are interested, send the requested
information via email as soon as possible so that we can proceed and after
sending it urgently.
Regards,
Dr.David Okonji.


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