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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: Mr Michael Ige <igem0@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:41:13 -0400
Subject: Respond



Dear beloved,
I feel very sorry to interrupt your peace since you are not expecting to receive any mail from me. However, I was obliged to do so due to the importance and urgency of the message. I crave your indulgence, and want to reassure you that I mean well and that it is only for our mutual good.So please do not be embarrassed or suspicious.
I am Mr Michael Ige, the personnal Assistant to the Late former First Lady of Nigeria Chief Mrs Stella Obasanjo who pass away on the 22/10/2005 in a hospital in Spain after undergoing turmor surgery. I was with her in the Spanish hospital when she died as we were suppose to make a deposit of huge amount of money in the tune of EURO15,000,000=00 (Fiftheen Million Euros) in her Euro account in a Spanish bank after the operation. Infact, we have made several deposits in her different account in different countries in Europe and America before our last trip.
The issue now is that since her sudden death due to the operation, we were not able to make a deposit of the money again and the money is still with me even as am talking to you now. Having considerred the fact that the money was part of the money she and her husband loothed from the Government Treasury as the wife of the former President and no body is aware that the money is still in my possession, I have decided that I must divert the money into my private purse. More so, I came back with the money to Nigeria with the Presidential Flight that brought the remains of the First Lady home on Thursday 26/10/2005 and presently, the vault boxes are secured in a security company here in Nigeria and it was registered as personal effects so as to avoid the security company officials from knowing the contents of the consignment. Hence, they security company only believed the contents of the vault boxes is personal Effects.
My little worry is that I can not invest the money in Nigeria, otherwise, I will be asked by the authorities to explain how I got the money and in lieu of this, I have liased with the security company to ship the consignment out of Nigeria as soon as I am able to get a Foreigner that will received the consignment on my behalf since I have made up my mind to travel to any suitable country to settle down and invest the money. So the main issue now is that I need someone that have the fear of God which I can transfer my money into his care and the person will also help me to invest it and some other things in his country.I am promising a very good rewards to whom it may concern to help. Please if you are interested to help, mail me back as soon as you recieve these for further inquiries.
Please be assured that it is risk free as I will process everything legally here. Alternatively, you can contact via the email address (pjudeigor1@yahoo.it)
Hope to hear from you soon.
Remain blessed,
Mr Michael Ige.
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