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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: adeniji olu <adenijiolu406@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: adenijiolu@maktoob.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:59:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: THANKS






Dear VICTIMNAME,

THANKS FOR YOU MAIL IT AS BEEN IN THE NEWS ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT IS SCAM THAT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACES, BUT SURELY GOOD PEOPLE OF THE WORLD HAVE THERE OWN BUSINEESS TO DO TOO .

WHAT I WILL WANT YOU TO DO NOW IS THAT YOU CAN EASILY FORWARD THE DETAIL OF THE BARRISTER TO THE APPROPRIATE COMMISSION TO FIND HIM OUT THERE AND RECOVER YOUR FUND FOR YOU AS WELL.

GOING FOR OWN OWN BUSINEES ALL I WANT YOU TO DO NOW IS TO SEND ME YOUR FULL DETAIL TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHOSE I WANT TO ENTRUST MY FUND TO AND THE LUCKY PERSON TO BE MY BUSINEESS CANTERPART ABROAD.

THE INFORMATION REQUIRE INCLUDE
[ 1] YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX

[ 2] YOUR FULL HOUSE OR WORK ADRESS

[3 ] YOUR FIRST PAGES OF INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE

I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON

THANKS,

DR ADENIJI OLU.



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