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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: federick Obua <federickobua4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: federickobua3@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:05:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL



FROM FEDERICK OBUA
BLOEMFONTEIN SOUTH AFRICA=20
PHONE:+27-73-685-1385
=A0

Good Day and God bless as I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust =
and hope you will understand me to assist us and not to betray us at the en=
d.
=A0
I am=A028 Years old, my father died=A0 2 years ago in a gold mine in MENDE,=
Republic of=A0 Serria Leone . He was into legal gold mining,he has succeed=
ed in saving $30 millions dollars during his Business on Gold, before he we=
nt on a trip to Republic of=A0South Africa to save his money=A0in a private=
security company=A0 for safe keeping because of the political problem in o=
ur country.
=A0
I need help from you to help me transfer this money to your country for inv=
estment and who will be sincere to invite me to his country with out cheati=
ng me or doing bad to me on my arrival with my mother and my younger sister=
, I'm willing to give you 15% of the money=A0 after the transfer of the mon=
ey , please mail me immediately so that i can know your stand before lookin=
g at else where . you're the first person i'm contacting for this assistanc=
e.
=A0
Please permit me to ask,=A0 Can you honestly help me as your own person ? c=
an I completely=A0 trust you?=20
=A0
Please,Treat this email confidential and get back to me as soon as possible=
..=A0
=A0

Sincerely Yours,

FEDERICK=A0 OBUA.=0A=0A=0A

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