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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: "onyedika onyego" <onyedikaonyego1@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: onyedikaonyegopv@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:18 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION/CONFIDENTIAL.


Onyedika Onyego
Christian Pentecostal Mission Hqters,
Rue de Triechville,
Abidjan, Ivory coast .
West Africa .



Dear Sir/Madam



Permit us to inform you that after reading your address in the net. I became
interested in disclosing every thing about myself to you. I am interested in
a long term business relationship with you. We are Onyedika and Ifeoma
ONYEGO the children of first wife of late Mr JOSHUA.P. ONYEGO Family, the
former chief accountant to the Sierra-Leone gold co-operation in kenama, who
was assassinated by the RUF rebels during his visit to our village on AUGUST
8 2005.



Unfortunately our mother Mrs CHIOMA ONYEGO died for hypertension one year
later in our country and before then our mother has already advised me and
my younger sister Ifeoma Onyego to look for a foreign partner to transfer
this fund and invest it in abroad.



We inherited a total sum of $8.8 million us dollars, from my late beloved
father as the next of kin to my family. This money which is deposited with a
bank here in Cote D' Ivoire in west Africa under a special arrangements as
deposited on behalf of a foreign partner. Now that we are in Cote D' Ivoire
and verified the deposited bank, we need your assistance to help us move
this funds out for investment in your country as we can not invest here due
to it's nearness to our country and the war still going on there .we ask you
to scout for a valuable and lucrative business, so that we can invest
wisely.



We have in mind to give you 20% of the total sum of US $8.8 million. By this
mail you are now requested to arrange on how we can move the fund quick to
your account in your country for investment. Thanks and God Bless you and
your Family in one accord. We are waiting for your urgent response.




Best Regards


Onyedika and Ifeoma Onyego.
Tel:+22508070739
ATTENTION/CONFIDENTIAL.

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