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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: "jamesomena@terra.es" <jamesomena@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:16:48 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Dear Friend



Dear Friend,

FIRST AND FOREMOST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION AND I PRAY THAT MY DECISION TO CONTACT YOU WILL BE GIVEN

GENUINE APPROVAL CONSIDERING THE FACTS WE HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH OTHER
BEFORE,

I WISH TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU. I AM OMENA
JAMES. FROM NIGERIA,WEST AFRICA.

I WRITE TO INFORM YOU MY DESIRE TO INVEST,AND TO
BUY A LIVING HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY. I AM THE FIRST DAUGHTER OF MR. WEAH
JAMES ,

HE WAS A CRUDE OIL MERCHANT IN MY COUNTRY.MY FATHER HAD A BULLET SHOT
BY
THE MILITANT YOUTH IN NIGER DELTA, ON HIS WAY TO VISIT HIS OIL
INSTALATIONS WITH TWO OF MY YOUNGER SISTERS DUE TO PRESENT CRISIS THAT
IS OCCURING IN MY COUNTR(NIGERIA).

MY SISTERS DIED ONTHE SPOT WHILE NIGERIAN ARMY RESCUED MY FATHER,HE WAS
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WHICH HE LATER DIED. BEFORE HE
DIED HE REAVEALED TO ME AND MY MOTHER ABOUT THE BOXES CONTAINING
$38MILLION us DOLLARS.WHICH HE DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN
GHANA FOR SAFE KEEPING.

MY FATHER DID NOT DISCLOSE THE CONTENT OF THE BOXES TO THE
SECURITYCOMPANY.TO AVIOD THE OFFICIALS FROM RAISING EYE BROWS TO THE
FUNDS.PRESENTLY MYSELF AND MY MOTHER ARE HERE IN GHANA TO NOTIFY THE
SECURITY COMPANY FOR THE CLAIMS,AND WE ARE STAYING IN THE HOTEL.THEREFORE I WANT YOU To
LECTURE ME ON HOW BEST WE CAN INVEST THIS MONEY

BECAUSE MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO INVEST THIS MONEY IN
NIGERIA TO AVIOD SUSPICIONS,AND DUE TO MARKET INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY FACING AFRICAN COUNTRIES,THAT IS WHY
WE WANT TO INVEST IN ABROAD. FOR YOUR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE, MYSELF AND MY
MOTHER HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 20%OF THE MONEY.

WE HAVE ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THE DEPOSIT AND THE OWNERSHIP
WHICH I CAN SEND TO YOU THROUGH FAX ON REQUEST. NOTE:I HAVE NEVER
DISCLOSED THIS TO ANY PERSON APART FROM YOU,SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS
TRANSACTION AS A TOP SECRET TO YOURSELF ALONE.

WHICH I WILL WANT YOU TO FORWARD ACROSS TO ME YOUR DIRECT TEL/FAX
NUMBER
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION. PLEASE YOU CAN GET ME
THIS EMAIL : ( omena_james@yahoo.co.uk )


BEST REGARDS,
OMENA JAMES







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