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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: "chineduobinna3 Gazeta.pl" <chineduobinna3@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:22:39 -0700
Subject: NOW CONTACT HIM FOR YOUR COMPENSATION


Atten:My Dear,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently
I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total
sum. meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary,his name is Mr.Eziamaka Uba
Email address (eziamakauba@gmail.com) Ask him to send you the total
$850,000.00 united state dollars which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your collective efforts at that time so feel free and
get in touch with my secretary Mr.Eziamaka Uba and instruct him where to
send the
amount to you by recomfirming your address to him as it is bello.

Your full name__________________________
Age___________________________________
Sex___________________________________
Home Adress____________________________
address________________________________
Phone number___________________________
Fax____________________________________
Country location_________________________
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I am very
busy here in Paraguay because of the investment projects which myself
and the new partner are having at hand without confrontations, finally,
remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your
behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with
Mr.Eziamaka Uba my secretary he will send the amount to you without any
delay.
Thanks.
Your regards.
Mr.CHINEDU OBINNA

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