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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: "MR. AMOUSSOU ROBEL" <robelamoussou@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:18:20 +0200
Subject: INFORMATION

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KIND REGARDS,

ON A VERY HAPPY NOTE AND BEARING IN MIND THE STAUNCH COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAD PUT INTO THE QUEST TO SEE THAT THE FUNDS WAS TRANSFERED TO YOU FOR CLAIM AS WE HAD EARLIER ARRANGED BUT TO NO AVAIL, I WRITE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SUCESSFULLY TRANSFERED OUT THE FUNDS.

SINCE ALL OUR EFFORT IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOURS WERE MET WITH VARIOUS FAILURES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS AFTER THE OTHER, THERE WAS AN INFLUENTIAL PARTY FROM BRITAIN THAT WAS APPROACHED ON OUR BEHALF BY A FINANCE & MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS INITIATIVES(A CONSULTING FIRM) AND WITH HER (INFLUENTIAL PARTY) IMPUTES, THE FUND WAS PAID OUT AND I HAVE COLLECTED MY OWN SHARE. PRESENTLY, I AM IN ECUADOR WHERE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A CORE INVESTOR IN THE MINING SECTOR OF THEIR ECONOMY, WE ARE INVESTING IN THE INDUSTRY.

BUT, I AM NOT OBLIVIOUS OF THE FACT THAT YOU DID YOUR BEST IN THAT CONTEXT, ALTHOUGH, IT SEEM THAT ELEMENT OF DOUBT CREPT IN. YOU WERE NOT TO BLAME, AS THERE WERE MANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD REFLECT SUCH SCEPTICISM TO ANY REASONABLE BEING.

FOR YOUR SINCERE BUT UNFRUITFUL SACRIFICES, I PRESSURIZED THE INFLUENTIAL WOMAN TO CONCEDE SOME AMOUNT AS COMPENSATION TO YOU, FOR THE RESOURCE THAT YOU IMPLUNGED EVEN YOUR TIME AND INCONVENIENCES.

THE SUM OF $US 800,000 WAS WHAT SHE AGREED TO AS YOUR COMPENSATION VALUE, AND THE SUM WAS MADE IN DRAFT BUT, BECAUSE OF MY APPOINTMENT IN ECUADOR AND TOO, I COULD NOT GET THROUGH TO YOU SINCE YOUR NUMBER AT ANY TIME INDICATED "NOT IN USE", I THEN HANDED IT OVER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FINANCE & MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS INITIATIVES, THE CONSULTING FIRM.

HIS NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS IS :
MR. M. JOHNSON info2mjohnson@yahoo.com

THE SECRETARY IS VERY MUCH INFORMED BY ME ABOUT YOU AND I INSTRUCTED HIM TO HAND OVER THE DRAFT TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT HIM.

NOTE THAT AT TIMES I WILL BE IN THE SITE AND THE INTERNET DOES NOT WORK THERE. I CAN BE REACHED ONLY WHEN I AM IN THE CITY IF THE NEED ARISES.

YOURS SINCERELY,

AMOUSSOU ROBEL.

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