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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: "Abraham Otti." <abraotti@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:45:42 -0800
Subject: VERY URGENT


From Abraham Otti.the only surviving son of late Vincent Otti who was untill =
his death the the second-in-command in Lord=92s Resistance Army Northern =
Uganda.
He died as a result of his enthusiasm for peace against the wishes of the =
Comander in Cheif Joseph Kony .I am presently under hiding as Cheif Joseph =
Kony has vow to eliminate all his surving family.My Mother and three =
sibblings were killed along with my father. I conducted a search in his =
secret underground vault right inside the family house which hasn't been =
accessed since his death, I made some interesting discoveries, bank documents =
of $65.8Million dollar deposited in a Swiss bank, and a cash deposit of =
(25Million British Pounds Sterlings) deposited with a security company in =
Europe. Unfortunately the Swiss account is presently unaccessible.

My aim of contacting you is to nominate you as the beneficiary of this =
deposit with the Security company in Europe for the transfer of this money =
to your account ,which i intend to invest in a lucrative business out there =
and If this offer is acceptable by you notify me immediately with your full =
contact details to enable my lawyer reach you for more discussions.
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BELOW:
AbrahamOtti@aol.com
Best regards,
Abraham Otti.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Otti

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