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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: john obodo <johnobodo3000@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 01:47:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL



FROM THE DESK OF,
JOHN OBODO
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
LION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
34 AHMADU BELLO WAY JOS NiGERIA

I am a senior Accountant in my Bank and Accounting
officer to Mr.Arthur Kinder who worked as an expatriate
with Elf petroleum (Nigeria) Ltd. On the
21st of April 2001, my customer, his wife and their
two children were involved in auto-crash along the
ever busy Sagumu-Ibadan High Way. All occupants of the
vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then,the
Board of Directors of my Bank have made several
enquires to their embassy to locate any of my
customer's extended relations but to no avail. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
Property left behind by my client before they get
Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this Huge deposits of US$10M was lodged. The
Bank has published several Notice for the Next of Kin
of the deceased to apply for collection of this Funds
or have the account confiscated within a shot Period
of time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent
to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased, so
that the proceeds of this Account valued at US$10
million dollars can be paid to you and Then you and me
can share the money,60% to me and 40% to you. I have
all necessary legal documents that can be used to
backup any claim we may make. All I require is your
honest cooperation to enable this deal through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate Arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the Law. Please get in touch with my email
and send to me your Telephone and fax numbers to
enable us further about this Transaction. Your
response should be channeled to my alternate email
account at (johnobodo30000@yahoo.co.uk)

Best regards,
JOHN OBODO,
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
LION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC


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