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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: "governor cbn" <c-s_1960@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:25:10 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND.

Dear Good friend.

Please do not let this message come to you as suprise it's the fact.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Switzerland.
 
Presently I’m in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile, we didn’t forget your past efforts and attempt to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow. I have thought about your past efforts and we decided to compensate you properly. Please contact my secretary in Lagos.
 
Name: Donald Scott
Office: +234 1 7614337, 4749715
Mobile +234-803-5179717
Email:
donald_scott2@yahoo.co.uk
 
Ask him to send you the certified bank draft of $800,000 .00 (Eight hundred thousand united states dollars only. which we kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter we appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so feel free and get in touched with my secretary and instruct him where to send the amount to you.
 
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time, at the moment, I’m very busy here with the investment projects which me and my new partner are having at hand.
Finally, remember that i had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to ask your mailing details on where to send the draft when issued, so feel free to get in touch with him to send the amount to you without any delay.
 
Wishing you all the best.
 
B.A -RIMA & Partners.



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