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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: "Dr. Wintold Cole" <drwintold_ovacassociates@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wintoldcole@ovacassociates.net
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 02:59:58 +0530
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend

I am Dr. Wintold Cole, the Vise President of Ovac & Associates, a firm involved in immigration and financial matters, www.ovacassociates.net,

Mr. Muhammad Abas, migrated to the United Kingdom through the assistant of Ovac & Associates, which I was the person who assisted him and the wife and his only son Faruq Abas, after that I my family became a family friend to the family of Abas, despite the religious,
During this time of family relationship I get to know why he left his country and decided to migrate to UK with the family, and his life style impressed me so much, which I intended to go into his field of business, which he promised he was going to introduce me to his clients as a marine broker, which he never did tell his death along with his lovely family in a tragic car accident, while coming from a family tour, which clam his life and the wife and the only son Faruq. After contenting me it was in did a very bad shuck which I have ever heard, mostly someone that is like an elder brother to me,

Before his tragic death he told me that he want his son Faruq , to be happy in life and not to lack anything, which he wants to see him happy, which he never knew that life is just an illusion,
He mentioned to me that he deposited the sum of 32.3 million dollars in Diamond Fund Security here in UK. For the son which I have visited the security company with him for couple of times, along with the son, after his death the security company has contacted me to provide next of kin to late Mr. Muhammad Abas, to come and clam his deposited fund, or the fund will be confiscated to be government fund,

I contacted you to ask for your support and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity which would be of mutual benefit to both of us, which you have to apply as late. Mr. Muhammad's next of kin, in other to clam the fund, am assuring you that this business is risk free and there is nothing to worry about,

All you need to do is provided me with your full contact,

Full: Name
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Telephone:
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As soon you provide the above mentioned information's I will contact you in the next step we have to take, please I will like you to keep this matter confidential, and you may be ask to come over to the UK. If the business transaction demand so.

Regards
Wintold Cole
+447031846169,
wintoldcole@ovacassociates.net

















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