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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: "fredrick ola" <fredrickola1000@info.com>
Reply-To: fredrickola1000@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 20:27:38 +0200
Subject: FROM FREDRICK OLA




RESPOND VIA:


fredrickola1000@gmail.com


Dear Friend,


I am Fredrick Ola, the Human Resources Executive of Atlantic Oil & Gas
Corporation. On the 15th of May 2003, Philips lob, an expatriate, who
was a
consultant/contractor with the Corporation, was found to have died in
a plane crash along the Lekki Peninsula while on inspection tour of
offshore oilfacilities belonging to the Corporation.As the Welfare
Director of the corporation, I contacted Philips bankers and briefed
them of this development. The bankers informed me that since their
client is dead, it is only the next of kin to the deceased with the
proper legal documents that can compel them to pay his fixed deposit
as an inherited estate. With the position of the financial outfit, I
mandated the legal department of our firm to search for a relative of
the deceased so that he can be presented as the next of kin to the bank.


But the only relative of the deceased, one Mr. Sam Leonard who was
also the next of kin to the deceased according to his bank documents
and who was last known to have lived in Latvia Eastern Europe, died as
cancer patient some two months before his death. All efforts to trace
other relatives of the deceased proved abortive, as all available
links were exhusted. Three years after his death, with no news from
any relative living anywhere and no one coming forward, we decided to
seek a foreigner so that the fund can be transferred out of its
present account to yours.


The account deposit contains US$12 million United States Dollars and
it isimportant that a probable next of kin claims this fund within the
next fourteen official working days. If no one comes for the claim
before the stipulated time frame, the account would be closed as
inactive and dormant and funds sent to the coffers of the government.
This is in consonance with the stipulations of the enabling laws
governing foreign inherited estates. I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased.This would facilitate the
payment of the proceeds of the said account to you.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect all the parties involved from any breach
of the law.

Please let me know what you intend to have as your commission if you
agree to embark on this venture.


Please reply me via my private email address


fredrickola1000@gmail.com


Best Regards,


Fredrick Ola.

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