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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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Fraud email example:

From: olumuyiwa obasanjo <goodtidings18@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: stellasson@rocketmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:47:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Can i count on you please


Dear Friend,


I am Olumuyiwa Obansanjo the only surviving son of late mrs stella

Obansanjo ,the late wife to the former president of nigeria ,president

Olusegun Obansanjo , i know this mail will come to you as a surprise

but i am very sorry to infringe on your privacy , i will want you to

please take your precious time to at least read this mail to you

because i desperately need your assistance.



As you know since my late mother died in spain of an unknown death

which i strongly beleive that it was cursed by human and not natural ,

because i know she was killed by my dad because he discovered that she

has been keeping an huge sum of money somewhere abroad , as her only

son , my mother told me a lot of things happening between she and my

dad and she revealed to me that my dad was threathning to have her

killed and that before that happens she wanted me to know the

whereabout of the funds she has kept in a very safe place .



It was on one of her trips abroad which she had informed me about that

she was going to have a change of ownership of the funds at where she

kept the funds into my name that she met her untimely death , though i

cannot proof that it was my dad who killed her but i know deep inside

me that she was murdered by my father and now i am also being

threathened by my father and his associates to reveal the source of the

funds to him or he will have me killed the way he killed my

mother.Kindly go through this website below so you will understand what

i am talking about .


http://www.answers.com/topic/stella-obasanjo



My dear friend , i have decided to contact you because my life is

endangered and i need someone who can assist me take custody of the

funds abroad and also help me to get out of this country before my

father also murders me and take what is left for me as an inheritance

,because he has seized everything that belongs to me now both

physically and financially and all that i just want to do now is run

out of this country and start a new life in your country with my

inheritance, i am willing to split the funds with you so far you help

me out of this situation .



I will apreciate your response concerning my plea to you , please my

life is very short and the earlier the better because i know what my

father can do because of money and power .



Kindly do send your response to my private email address at

stellasson@rocketmail.com or stellasson@sify.com



Thank you and God bless you has you decide to help me .


Olumuyiwa Obansanjo
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