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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: godwin17@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:23:37 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Now=20contact=20my=20secretary?=


My dear Friend ,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transffered
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 me in transffering those
funds despite that it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary in BENIN his name isUBA JOHN,his email;(ubajohn40@yahoo.fr)
ask him to send you the total $800.000.00 (EIGTH HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS)certified
bank draft which i raised in your favour for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. i appreciated your
efforts at that time very much.so feel free and get intouched with my secretary
UBA JOHN and give him your address where to send the draft 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'm 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 the secretary
on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get intouch with UBA
without any delay.

best regards,
BARRISTER PETER MOORE





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