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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 kayode" <johnkayodepcy@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnkayodepcy@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:52:01 +0100
Subject: From Barrister John Kayode

Attn: Sir,

I am Barrister John Kayode, a Personal Assistant to Nigeria President Olusegune Obasanjo, don't be surprise how I got your email address. I got your email address through Nigeria Chambers of Commerce and Industry so I decided to contact you.

There is this deal I want both of us to handle. In my country now,there's a lot of problems which you can see all over the world. All the whole Nigerians are against my master (Olusegun Obasanjo) and I want to take this opportunity to make money.

There is a very huge amount of money that I and my master (Olusegun Obasanjo) lodged into Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),is only I that knows the secret and it's confidential.

What all I need from you, is for you to send me your bank private information, your private telephone number, fax number and your house address and also I will like you to also state your occupation.And the money I want to transfer into your account is USD$68.6Million after I transfer this money into your account then I will come over to your country with my family to live, please don't exposed my secret.

Please kindly send your response to me through my personal email  Box,johnkayodepcy@yahoo.com  ,for confidentail reasons and more details.Anticipating your urgent response.
 

Yours faithfully,
 
Barrister John Kayode
Law Office


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