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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: "Ocha Douglas" <ochadouglas234@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrochadouglas2006@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:36:19 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

My name is Ocha Douglas, i am the managing director of Union Bank PLC
here in Lagos Branch Nigeria, on 20th Novmber 2004 MR. Haryanto Tomo
from indonesia, deposited the sum of U$10.5million dollars with our
bank here in Nigeria, up till then i did not head from him not until
when i received a news that there was a tsunami disaster in asia that kill
thousands of innocent indonesia's, include one of Nigerian Union Bank
customer Mr.Haryanto.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives for over 2
years now with the telephone number he gave me (62853700612), I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10,500,000.00
can be transferred/paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in
these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you. I have all the necessary
things required to back up the release of this claim to you as the
beneficiary next of kin.

All I require is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and A trust
to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law because all we need is to get the document
of (change of onwership account from the federal high court) on your
behalf.

Please get in touch with me urgently by E-mail with your information for
more discussion

1. Full Name/Address
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Occupation/ Age.

Please Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.

Best regards,
Ocha Douglas

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