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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: =?utf-8?q?Jerry=20West?= <westjerry451@yahoo.com.co>
Reply-To: barristerjerrywest33@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:56:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:westjerry451@yahoo.com.co



- JERRY WEST & ASSOCIATES.No.5 ALLEN AVENUE IKEJA LAGOS, NIGERIA I AM CONTACTING YOU ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT WHO IS SEEKING YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT. KINDLY GO THROUGH HIS MAIL BELOW AND GET BACK TO ME TO SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR THE CLAIMS OF THE FUNDS IN A FINANCE HOUSE.HIS LETTER:MY NAME IS CHIEF ALBERT ITA. I AM THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF OBASANJO OTTA ANIMAL FARM. I WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OTTA ANIMAL FARM BY OLUSEGUN OBASANJO (FORMER PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA) WHICH WAS SPEARHEADED BY MY FELLOW ASSOCIATES WHO FORCED ME OUT OF OFFICE DUE TO WHAT I TERM AS INCESSANT COLLABORATION OF THE COUNCIL/ASSOCIATION OF THE FARM HERE IN NIGERIA FOR FALSE ACCUSATION OVER A 150M $ FRAUD. PRESENTLY I AM ON EXILE IN AUSTRIA WHERE I AM STAYING UNDER CLOSE WATCH BY THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT WHO KINDLY OFFERED ME ASYLUM.I NEED TO TRANSFER WHAT I CALL, MY FUTURE HOPE, IN THE SUM OF USD$55M {FIFTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH IS PRESENTLY IN CUSTODY OF A FINANCE HOUSE, WHICH SHALL BE MADE KNOWN TO YOU IMMEDIATELY THE CLAIMS PROCEDURES COMMENCES. THE MONEY IS TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN GET FOR ME OR A NEW BANK ACCOUNT WITH LITTLE OR NO MONEY IN THERE. I AM BEING MONITORED AND I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE CHANCES. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, MY COMMUNICATION AND MOVEMENTS ARE UNDER STRICT SURVEILLANCE.THEREFORE, MAKE ALL YOUR COMMUNICATIONS TO ME THROUGH MY ATTORNEY,(BARRISTER JERRY WEST) WHO IS ALSO MY CLOSE CONFIDANT.HE WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH AN INVESTMENT WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE ON MY BEHALF UNTIL I COME OUT OF MY TRAVAIL.PLEASE I AM PROMISING YOU THAT I AND YOUR FAMILY WILL SHARE THE FUNDS IF YOU CAN QUIETLY GET THIS FUND OUT FROM THE FINANCE HOUSE, INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.PLEASE, THIS IS AN APPEAL TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BETWEEN YOU AND MY CLIENT (CHIEF ALBERT ITA). I WILL FORWARD TO YOU INFORMATION OF WHERE THE MONEY IS CURENTLY LODGED. KINDLY REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE,FAX NUMBER AND YOUR ADDRESS TO ENABLE ME PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS WHICH YOU WILL PRESENT TO THE FINANCE HOUSE FOR THE CLAIMS OF THE FUND.PLEASE KINDLY REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL ()THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.I WAIT PATIENTLY FOR YOUR RESPONSE.BARRISTER JERRY WEST.


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