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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: "Samuel Ojeabulu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samuelojeabulu2009@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:14:28 -1200
Subject: Samuel Ojeabulu

HELLO ,

MY NAMES ARE SAMUEL OJEABULU OF DARFUR SUDAN,LAST WEEK,MY TRUNK BOXES CONTAINING $20M CASH LEFT ACCRA GHANA FOR THE UK,LONDON,IT WAS MEANT
TO BE DELIVERED TO MR. PRINCE PAUL HOWARD OF DENVER COLORADO,USA.THE BOXES ARRIVED SAFELY AND THE DELIVERY PILOT DAVID GREEN CALLED HIM FOR
PICK UP OF THE TRUNK CONSIGNMENT BOXES.UNFORTUNATELY,HE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.AT THIS POINT IN-TIME,AM CONFUSED AND DON'T KNOW WHO
TO TURN TO.MY FUNDS ARE LIVER CASH SPENDABLE MONEY.MY FAMILY LEGACY.NOW I WANT YOU TO TAKE A STAND AND BE THE NEW BENEFICIARY TO
THE BOXES.


BEFORE THESE BOXES WERE DEPOSITED WITH ECO STORAGE HOUSE YEARS AGO,A PICTURE WAS TAKEN ALONG SIDE THE BOXES AND MY LATE DAD.THESE ARE THE
DOCUMENTATIONS AND THETELEPHONE AND EMAIL ADDRESS OF PILOT DAVID GREEN OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORK AGENCY,ACCRA GHANA.
PILOT DAVID GREEN.
captaindavidgreen@mail2pilot.com Or +233 243 650 597.
DADDY,CONTACT HIM,TELL HIM YOU ARE MY NEW BENEFICIARY FOR NOW.TELL HIM THAT AM GOING TO SEND TO YOU THE LETTER OF ATTORNEY AND THE LETTER OF
AUTHORITY AND THE CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY TO THESE FUNDS.DADDY,WORK WITH HIM,HE IS A TRUSTED AND RELIABLE MAN.DADDY I DON'T HAVE A PHONE I LOST
IT.IT WAS STOLEN WHEN I WAS SLEEPING IN THE REFUGEE CAMP.I WILL WANT YOU TO COME TO GHANA TO SEE ME PERSONALLY.

YOUR SON,

SAMUEL OJEABULU.

00233 266 456 242.

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