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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: "vicmoore"<vicmoore_obaseki@myway.com>
Reply-To: vicmooreobaseki2@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 22:33:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: RE: ATTENTION


Dear Friend, It is with trust and believe that I write to you, although I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my confidence was reposed on you.I am BARRISTER, VICMOORE OBASEKI, a personal attorney to ENGR. POBLO BEVERLY CHARLOTTE, he is a forigenr, he was also a contractor with one of nigeria biggest company (NNPC) prostates who executed a contract with the Nigerian Petroleum Corporation here in Nigeria before his death. Unfortunately my client who perished in the plane crash of 22nd October 2005 (with Bellview Airline) with other passengers bording from Lagos to Abuja,you can confirm it by yourself at this Bellview site, meanwhile, up till today none of his relatives have come forward to claim his money and his contract fund with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. I am his Lawyer for years, have made several enquiries to locate any of my Client's extended relation, this has also proved unsuccessful, as he has no wife, after this unsuccessful attempt!
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I decided to contact you to help me claim this money valued at US $45 Million (FOURTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) as the next of kin of our late Client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by Nigeria,Moreover, I wil provide all necessary information / documents for the claim of this MONEY, all I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Your response is only what I am waiting for as I have put all machineries that will be instrumental to the success of the transaction in motion, also I will be grateful if this mail will be favoured with an earlier reply, all I need from you is to furnish me with your contact information such as your direct phone and fax number for fast communication. I am compensating you with 40% of the total amount. Now all my hope is banked on you and really wants to invest thi!
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money in your Country where there is stability of government, political and economic welfare.NOTE: I know there may be scams and junk mails flying here and there on the Internet but certainly this is not one of them now I urge you to take this message serious and with an open mind, good faith and trust, join me and I am assuring you now that you will never be disappointed.Please, kindly treat this as urgent and strictly confidential, I honestly assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free. I look forward to your urgent reply, for security reason and may God bless you.Yours Sincerely.BARRISTER, VICMOORE OBASEKI

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