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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: "SAM COKER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samcoker@cbnniger.org>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:56:54 -0800
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF SAM COKER

FROM THE DESK OF SAM COKER
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT
PAYMENT CENTER OFFICE
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA .



Attn:

This is to inform you that you have the sum of $30.5 Million Dollars with this fund can from the MTN network this is a communication company that issue out over 300 Million Dollars to 10 lucky winners in the world which
you are one of the beneficiary, bear this in mind that it happened 3 years ago which we have been sending you email for you too come and claim your fund but you ignored us i don't know why.


Last two years some one stole your information from our data base in our company after they know you have the sum of $30,500,000.00 United State Dollars they made you believe that they are the only one that can transfer
the fund to you, we know they have been collecting money from you telling one or two liars given you hope that they trying their best to transfer the fund from you.



I want you to know that we have caught some of them but some are still contacting you the only that will stop is if you stop every email of transfer that is coming Central Bank of Nigeria that is the only way can
stop them.

Now some one came to how bank to inform us that you have been receiving all the email we have been sending to you but due to your position at handand you believe that is a scam you don't want to reply the email that
is why you sent him to come and claim the fund as a compensation of what he has done for you this person's name is Jerome Lewis he is from United State Of America.


We are sending this last email after this email we are not going to send you any more email about this fund because right now we are ready to transfer the fund to him because my boss told me that if you did not reply
this email within 48 hours we are going to transfer the fund to him, if you want me to send you is international passport for you to confirm if you know him or not i am going to send it to you.

For your information in case you are ready to claim the fund we have all your information that we need to transfer the fund but you need to send us your information again for yours to be sure that you are the one who is
replying this email that is if you still want the fund to be transfer to you be rest assured that this is no scam.



Full Name:

Country:

Current House Address:

Telephone Number:

Occupation:

Age:



Kindly get back to me with this email address in this email so that we can start the process of your fund (samcoker@cbnniger.org).

That is all for now and please do not reply all the email you see in your email address by that way you are helping us to fight scam in Nigeria.


Await your responds

Yours faithfully

Mr Sam Coker
+2348024425303

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