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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: "SAM SOGOBA" <sam.sogoba3@superposta.com>
Reply-To: sam.sogoba@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:59:04 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND IMPORTANT/ PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY.


Dear Friend,

I am (Dr Sam Sogoba),the Head of file Department in African development
bank (ADB).I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that i am
about to repose on you for the benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $ 15 million U.S.A
dollars ( fifteen million U.S.A dollars) into your account.The money has
been dormant for years in our Bank here without any body coming for it.I
want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased
customer(MR THOMAS YUZURU)who died a long with his supposed next of kin in
an air crash few years ago.I don't want the money to go into our Bank
treasury account as unclaimed fund. So this is the reason why i contacted
you, so that we will release the money to you as the nearest person to the
deceased customer.Please I would like you
to keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it if you are not
interested.

Upon the receipt of your reply,I will send you full details on how the
business will be executed and a text of application which you will fill and
send to the bank for the release of the money to your bank account.Also note
that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum, if you agree to transact
the business with me while 60% will be for me.I will not fail to bring to
your notice that risk is free in this transaction and that you should not
entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made
legaly for the transfer.

Please reply me with your contact information bellow for full trust.
Name ........................................
Age............................................
Marital Status.............................
Cell Phone Number ....................
Fax Number................................
Your Country .............................
Your Occupation.........................
Sex.............................................
Religion .....................................
Private E-mail ...........................

As soon as you send the above informations,you give me a call on my private
line for more information-(+226-78048492)
Hope to hear from you immediately.
Dr Sam Sogoba.

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