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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: femi akani <femi@akanifemi.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:56:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Urgent Assistance


Urgent Assistance
Dear Sir/Ma,
I am the son of Late Pastor Timothy Olufemi Akanni living and studying in the Netherlands hereby need an assistance from a wise and intelligent woman/man that can be of a great advantage to me as my mother and my step mother have open my father's wealth to a nation that is full problems and corruption.
Please what am upto is to let you have a Little of the opportunities from what my father has left behind, he as kept some document of fixed deposit of 1,000,000 euro(one million euro ) which he has in a security bank in the Netherlands.
What am asking from you is how you can be of help to me, because the money is a secret, that my father kept with me, i know that this is a chance for me to have the money for myself and i was by the bank for the money.They adviced me that i should look for someone as a beneficiary who can handle such an amount, please if you can, mail me to : pastor_akanni@yahoo.com
For further info you can go to:- http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/columnists/femi/femi-sept-30-2006.htm
Best Regards,
Deacon Paul Wunmi Akanni

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