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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: nkeru ofodile <nkerucj@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:50:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YES YOU CAN TRUST ME AND MY MOTHER Amarjirt.......


Dear beloved VICTIMNAME,

Thanks for your mail and how are you today? I am happy to have received your response to our plight mail. i want you to understand that we are not happy asking for help of this kind or neither are we happy for being in this kind of condition , but its unfortunate that we find ourselves in this situation and i also believe its by the devine grace of God that we fell into your hand.

Please this is our future and life , all we beg of you is sincerity and true transparency. about the money, i will send the documents that was giving to my late father on the day of doposit and the bank contact for you to contact them ,but before i do that i would want us both to agree that we shall be sincere and open to each other because this documents are the deposit itself , if anything should happen to the documents, the deposit is automatically affected .

So Please i want you to assure me that you will stand firmly and trully as my late father's associate whom this deposit belongs to, to enable you contact the bank where the deposit is and then request for its release .


This is because when my father made the deposit he told the bank that the deposit belongs to his foreign associate who will be contacting them later for the release of the deposit but he did not give them any name. This is why they have insisted that i submit the details of my late father's associate so that they can reach you in regards of the deposit.

Please if you have trully accepted to help us, i want you to send us your complete name, address and phone number and account number for me to submit to the bank and introduce you as my late father's associate.

I and my mother are here helpleslly praying and asking God for his divine mercy on us and my mother is very old and sick too, after you might have gotting this money, you will send us some money for my mother's hospital care and also for my travelling to your country to meet with you for the investment of this money and also for my education.

We are waitting for your response thanks you onecs again and may God bless you.

Yours sincerely
Nkerucj mafeda and mother.




















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