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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: "barrister uhura johnson" <barristeruhurajohnson6@legwork.com.ng>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:04:27 +0200
Subject: My Dear ,


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 in Benin Republic his name is

Mr Anodu Omopa
Email; secretaryanodu.omopa@gmail.com
Private; fileoffice@ymail.com

ask him to send you the total $4.5million which i kept for your compensation

for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in
touched with my secretary Anodu and instruct him where to send the amount to

you.

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'm very busy here

because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having
at hand, 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
Anodu Omopa he will sends the amount to you without any delay.

Yours
Barrister.Uhura Johnson

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