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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: Dr Owerri Jonathan <sixandersons@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: recordsolution@mail.ru
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:51:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THANKS FOR THE PAST.


Dear Friend,
 
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Russia.
Presently I am in Russia for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me to transfer those funds despite that it failed us somehow. Now, contact my confidential secretary  in the administration department of the central bank, Mrs. Mariana Douglas with her direct phone number Tel +234 80 74690760 or email address is marianadouglas44@gmail.com
 
Ask her to send you the total sum $1.2 Million US Dollars which I kept as your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciated all your efforts during that time very much, so feel free and get in touch with Mrs. Mariana Douglas and instruct her where to send the payment instrument to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive the fund so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at this time. In the interim, I am very busy here because of the Steel investment projects which my new partners and i are having at hand.
 
Finally, Remember that I had forwarded instruction to Mrs. Mariana Douglas on your behalf to receive those money, so without prejudice, get in touch with her to send the amount to you without any delay. Should she lack the necessary fund to ship the payment instrument to you, please assist her with little fund as external auditors are currently auditing our financial records for this quarter.
 
With best regard,
Dr Owerri Jonathan

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