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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: "priye spiff" <priye_spiff22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: priyespiff@walla.com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:03:45 -0600
Subject: CONTACT ME.

Attn;

I have the instruction of my cousin Mrs. Margaret
Alamaesiegha, the wife of the former Governor of Bayelsa State Chief
DPS Alamaesiegha, who was arrested in London in September ,2005 and
charged with money laundering, jumped bail and returned to Nigeria, was
impeached and subsequently arrested and is facing similar charges in
Nigeria presently.

Prior to his arrest, my cousin told me and I
verily believe her as I have relevant supporting documents that they
had in October stached the sum of $35.5 m {Thirty Five million ,five
hundred United States Dollars} with a private finance firm in Europe in
the name of Mr. Peter Solomon with a view to investing same in some
viable ventures overseas later.

Due to the present travails of the
family, neither herself nor her husband could have access to the funds
any longer as they are under security watch. She has therefore asked we
look for a credible and trustworthy person who would bear the name or
act as the next of Kin to claim the funds on their behalf.

The funds
when retrieved from the company would be shared in the ratio of 10% for
charity, 10% for you and the rest of 80% would be invest by you on our
behalf for the minimun of 5 years.

Please reply immediately giving
your details, so that the supporting documents would be made available
to you for the claim.

Yours faithfully
Rev. Dr. Priye Spiff


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