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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: Tahirah Okojie <tahirah@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tahirkojie@topmail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:04:48 -0500
Subject: Important Information


Profound Greetings,
Please, i know we have never met before but i beg of you to take your
time to go
through this mail very carefully for i come in peace. As you read through i do
not want you to sympathies with me rather give a fair hearing and render your
aid to my request because my life is at risk!
I am 16 years old and the only child of my late parent, my mother died during
child birth when i was just 11 years old and my Father remarried 2 years after
but was killed by unknown Gun men exactly 6 months after the marriage. But,
before his death, he was an Oil Merchant. Immediately after my father sudden
death, my step-mother remarried her previous husband and they are presently
residing in my own father?s house with their two male kids, whom are 6 and 9
years old and my father was never aware of my step-mother previous matrimonial
status when he was alive. My Step-Parent have successfully claimed
and kept my
father?s entire resources to their self and nothing left for me.
For over 2 years, my Step-Parent has made life miserable and quite unbearable
for me, my education has been suspended and I have been made a full time house
keeper in my own father?s house. I have tried complaining to nearby neighbors,
they all end up reporting me as a liar to my step- mother and that made her
prohibit my going out from the premises and talking to any outsider or
visitor.
I once overheard them talking about eliminate me before my 18th birthday and
this made me to conclude that they have something to do with my Dad`s death.
My immediate problem right now is the safety of my life and the protection of
the only legacy of my father left, I have in my possession a bank deposit
document indicating that my father has in a foreign account the sum of
12,500,000.00 GBP. And I need this fund to be immediately relocated to another
account before my step-mother finds out. Last week, I contacted the bank via
email but I was denied access to the money because I am underage and I
have been
advice by the bankers to provide a Guardian or Someone above 18 years
that will
be capable to receive and manage the funds on my behalf until I am deem fit to
handle the money.
This is the reason I'm writing you to help me contact the bank and stand as my
Guardian so that they can remit the money to you, If you are ready to receive
this money from the bank and invest it on my behalf, send your Full Names, Age
and Address so that I can forward it to the bank so that they can
attend to you
without questioning when you contact them. You will be rewarded
awesomely if you
can.

Please send your response to this email: tahirkojie@topmail.com
God Blessings to you and your family,
Tahirah Okojie
TREAT AS URGENT








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