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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: "M.O" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mailbox45@tlen.pl>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:11:19 -0800
Subject: I want to bring to your knowledge


Dear Sir,

I want to bring to your knowledge of a very lucrative business opportunity, which I will like you to consider as a golden opportunity worth doing. I have some money lodged in a private security vault out side Nigeria and I would require your cooperation as a partner to claim it out from the security vault as the beneficiary.

I work with the Central Bank of Nigeria as a permanent secretary in the Governor’s office; Cash payment Desk and I endorse diplomatic clearance for the diplomats who accompany contractor’s funds in cash to seven countries for contract payments. Presently there are two boxes that contain $34,000,000.00 and in each of the boxes, it contains $17,000,000.00.



These two boxes was supposed to be for contract payment of one contractor from Dominican Republic, who died but non of his next of kin has come to claim the funds. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria then filled in a paper that I should endorse it for the funds to be returned to the government treasury. I did not endorse it but rather decided to divert it and moved it out of the country to a private security vault so as to use anyone that will be interested to work with me as a partner and claim the boxes.



If you are willingly and interested in this business, please act fast to get in touch with me so that we can begin immediately to arrange getting the boxes out before it accumulates much charges. And for your compensation, I would not be greedy because it is not my personal money, we will share it equally (50%, 50%) as partners.

Finally, I am a married woman with children, Email me back. m_obasi73@yahoo.com

yours faithfully,

MRS. Maria Obasi.


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