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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: Gbenga obasanjo <gbenga_obasanjo2@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:20:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: very urgent reply please


ATTN,
I am Mr Gbenga Obasanjo the only son of Late chief Mrs Stella
Obasanjo the wife President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic
of
Nigeria.

I got your contact thru one of my numerous search on the
international world on the internet.

As maybe you are aware that my late mother died in a spanish
hospital when she went for a sugery and ever since the family have been
in
disarray , right now everything about her is under my custody and care
as
her only child and one of the children of the present president of the
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

My main purpose of contacting you is to inform of my problem and
seek for assistance.
Right now i found in one of my late mothers account the sum of TWELVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAS (12,000,000USD) , and i want it
transfered to a foreighn account
immediately , this is because the current political situation in this
country does not allow for one to have such amount of money with him
and secondly my father , president Olusegun Obasanjo will be leaving
office come may 29 2007
and also the recent introduction of economical and financial
crimes commision (EFCC, a commision that monitors public office holders
). If u can assist me to provide an account where this money will be
transfered to over there (EVEN IF THE ACCOUNT IS AN EMPTY ACCOUNT)
am ready to offer 30%,of the amount and i will relocate and meet over
there as soon as the deal is done so we both can invest in any profit
orientated business , this transaction is risk free but must be kept
secret. If you can assist me please right to me immediately and send
me the following

(1) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
(2) YOUR FAX NUMBER
(3) NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBER

SO that i can start working on how to transfer the fund immediately
Once again happy new year and extent my greetings to your family

I look forward to hearing from you.

PLS SEND YOUR REPLY THRU THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL;
(gbenga_obasanjo@excite.com)

Best Regards

Mr Gbenga Obasanjo


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