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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: EDWARD EKE <edward_eke23@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:00:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!


Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I’m in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist us in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my Account Officer, At the Union Bank of Nigeria. With the below info.
Union Bank Plc
HEAD OFFICE
2 Ajose Adeogun Street
P. O. Box 72688
Victoria Island, Lagos
Tel: 234-8080271416
E-mail: chima_ugo234@yahoo.co.uk

Ask him to send you the total $7,000,800.000.00 (SEVEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), which we kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt to assist us in this matter. We appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my account officer Chima Ugo 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 sufferness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new Partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to Chima on your behalf to receive the money, so feel free to get in touch with him and he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Best Regards,
Edward Eke. (On behalf of other collogues)
Go ahead and contact him on his email address: chima_ugo234@yahoo.co.uk

Note: That because of the investment project am handling with the New Partner here, I will not be able to respond to any of your email till I'm through.


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