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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: "Ms Okoh Sophia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ms.okoh01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:01:14 +0100
Subject: REPLY !!!

Your contact came to me through a friend who works
in the embassy of my country. But I was careful not
to reveal to him why I needed a competent
foreign link in the person of your respected self.

To introduce myself, my names are Ms Okoh Sophia,
an Accountant with FIRST CITY MONUMENT BANK NIGERIA.
I'm writing following an opportunity in my office that
will be of great benefit to us. Valued at 8,472,000.00
US Dollars. We will share in the Ratio of 50/50% at the
end of this deal. All I require is your honest
cooperation.

I'll send you details of this proposal including my
Photos and ID card for you to know me better, as soon
as I hear from you.

For more information contact me with you details as below

Names.......................
Address....................
Phone Numbers..............


Please, I'll like you to contact me through my alternative
email address for security reason at; ok.sophia@sify.com

Sincerely
Okoh Sophia

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