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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: Onukaba Adinoyi <dr.ojo10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr.ojo2008@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:48:36 +0100
Subject: How Are You



Dear Sir,
I am Dr.Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo,Senior Special Assistant (PublicCommunications and Media Affairs) to the former Vice President ofNigeria,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.my boss has mandated me to search for a trustworthy person in yourcountry that will assist him in safeguard the sum of twenty five MillionU.S Dollars(US$25,000,000.00),being part of the money earmarked for his April 2007 presidential election which he later lost out in theexcise.
The funds was deposited with a finance company in London by me on hisbehalf but now he intends to invest the money into Realestate and Stocksin your country.
I got your contact through a friend who was formally residing in yourcountry,he told me that you are trustworthy hence I contacted you onthis transaction.
You will be expected to keep 20% of the total amount as your reward forassisting us in securing the funds in your bank account for an investment.Please note that this transaction is legitimate,risk free and confidential but must not be disclosed to any third party for securityreason.Looking forward for your quick response.
Kind Regards,Dr.Onukaba Adinoyi Ojo.
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