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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: "jeff obio" <jeffobio1952@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 07:51:22 +0000
Subject: Certificate of Deposit and More Explanation

Dear Susana,

Find attached copy of the Certificate of deposit of the Fund again. I do not
know how much it will cost you to call me but that does not matter it is a
business you will profit from at the end therefore you should not be
bothered about how much it will cost you.

Any expenses you made in this transaction or for this transaction or in the
course of this transaction, you should keep the record as I am keeping my
because we shall reimburse each party from the fund after it has been
transferred into your account before sharing according to the sharing ration
we have agreed.

You can scan copy of your international passport or driver's licence as your
id and send it through email as an attachment to me.

This is what is involved and I have told you more in the last mail before
this.

Regards,

Mr. Jeff Obio


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