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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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Fraud email example:

From: UDO OGANIRU <udo_oganiru1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 06:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: TO JUSTIN THYME (VERY URGENT)


Dear Justin Thyme,

I received your mail, and it gives me great pleasure to received your quick response and I am very much interested to know whether you will be capable to do this business with me in full onfidence trusting that you will never let me down in future and be sure that everything is very very legal and will work out fine fine as long as we follow the normal procedures of inheritance. So if you are really serious and have the facilities for effective communications,ability to set up a new A/C under short notice without any money in the a/c you opened or if you have already an existing a/c, it can serve as well.so considering your positive responses and in my anticipation of a strong and solid cooperation from your side in this business.

This business will be completed within 10Banking days from the date of the receipt of your A/C details and subsequent approvals from the Foreign Exchange control division. You should not tell your bank that money is coming until I finish processing of all documents to show your bank that this money is clean money from genuine source. To avoid your bank asking you early questions that you may not be able to answer, you should not alert. After the processing of all Foreign Payment documents, and when the money is ready to be paid into your A/C, after the final Approval in your favour by the bank you be required to come in person or go to Foreign Payment Office in (Amsterdam Holland Or Madrid Spain) to sign the Foreign Payment vouchers preceding telegraphic TT to your A/C or you can appoint a Lawyer here to represent and sign on your behalf under special arrangement.you can as well send a representative to come and represent you and do the neccessary things on your behalf
inorder to withness everything, to be 100% sure of the business we are doing.
At the Foreign Payment Office you be required to fill the payment Order chart specifying schedule of payments to beneficiaries A/C.You should know that this opportunity can hardly come my way again in life so I have planned everything very well with an insider in the bank so be rest assured that everything will work out fine .

The main reason why I contacted for this business is because the original operator of the A/C is a foreigner and this money can only be approved into a foreign beneficiaries A/C only, frankly speaking from the bottom of my heart my fear now is the security of this money in your custody once transferred into your A/C because I don't know you before nor your capability and facilities to handle this large amount, but I now trusting you by your words and trusting God that you will never let me down.

I really want to know more of you and I will want you to keep it very confidential at all times because it is large amount and be sure that I will get all the neccessary documents to avoid any mistake and and we should be maintaining constant communications between us and you should note that this business should take precedence over any other business for the mean time.

You should send the Bank information as stated below, together with your telephone Nos. both Home,Office/ cell phone for effective/constant communication b/w us.
Bank Name..........
Address of the Bank.........
A/C No..........
A/C Name..............
Swift code................(if any}
Finally you have to be following instructions which I will be getting from the our insider in the bank who is the main Key to the success of this Business.Pls respond without much questions until we see face to face because 'too many questions can sink a ship.

At the conclution of the transfer you will be given 25% while 60% will be for me then 5% for charity both in Africa and your country the remaining 10% is set aside to settle expences both incured during the transfer process.

What is your age and profession? I really want to know more of you and your swift response will be highly appreciated.

I am waiting for your immediate response.
Best Regards,
Mr Udo Oganiru.


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