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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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Fraud email example:

From: denzelous joe <denzelousjoe@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <denzelous220joe@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:22:03 -0700
Subject: Attn CEO/ President,



FROM THE OFFICE OF DR DENZELOUS JOEHEADORGANISATION OF PERTROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES: OPECAttn CEO/ President,
Thanks for your concern to my proposal. I am Dr DENZELOUSJOE the linkman between the Organization For Petroleum Exporting Countries – OPEC and World Bank. I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva Switzerland on the auspices of World Bank.
Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC, I was able to make Sum of $22.2million, which is currently deposited in a Finance House in UK. I want you to assist me to claim this money as i cannot claim it directly because i am still a Civil servant in active service, and the code of conduct bureau forbids me to acquire such huge amount of money. It is on this basis that i am contacting you for assistance, If You will be interested, and all claim documents will be processed, and sent to you. The documents with which the fund is deposited will be changed to reflect you as the new beneficiarySo that you will be eligible to collect the fund on my behalf.I will give you 30% of the fund for this assistance, while 60% will be for me and 10% will be for expenses that may be incurred on both sides. I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after the September 11th 2001 Terrorist attack on America (USA) and to avoid any state of financial
Investigation I will provide a classified clearance paper from the relevant body, which will exonerate the money from drug, money laundered or terrorist related funds.Kindly respond to my proposal through my emailon the receipt of your mail indicating interest. I want to assure you that this is 100% risk free. You should also provide me with your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication in the process of this deal.Expecting your response.Best regards,Dr DENZELOUS JOE
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