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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: "drpaulokoro03 drpaulokoro03" <drpaulokoro03_drpaulokoro03@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: drpaulokoro001@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:48:51 +0100
Subject: Shipment Arrangement To Your Country


From:Dr Paul Okoro.
Central Bank of Nigeria.
Tinubu-Square,
Lagos Nigeria.
My Private E-mail: paul.okoro01@hotmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the shipment of your
contract sum, I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been
automatically concluded and have left Nigeria to London via your Country
today by Express Cargo Flight.

Note carefully the content of the crate is "MONEY" but I did not disclose it
to the Courier Services as Money,rather I informed them that the crate
contain Vital"DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my client (that´s you).

In the meantime,I will give you the contact of the Diplomatic Courier
Services for you to contact them and know the actual situation, which i will
be giving to you let with Best Regards,the consignment and also give them
your address where the consignment will be delivered and then get back to me
as soon as possible so that I can give you the shipment document.

Meanwhile, I will be coming over to your country immediately the consignment
arrives in your Country for my 20% share.

Send me your response via: paul.okoro01@hotmail.com So that i can send you
the necessary Documents for you to contact the Diplomatic Courier Services
in London and get back to me.

Congrats and remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Dr Paul Okoro.
Central Bank of Nigeria.

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