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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: "Dr Paul Anyanwu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drpaul2022me02@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:49:38 +0200
Subject: YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.

Hello Friend,


I know that this letter will be a surprise to you considering the fact that there have been a lot of scam letters going around the world by unscrupulous elements and i do not want you to be embarrassed by this letter but i pray that it finds you in good health. I am Dr. Paul Anyanwu the personal assistant to the late president of Nigeria, His Excellency late Umaru Musa Yardua on domestic matters and you may have been aware that the late president was critically ill/sick and was hospitalized in a Saudi Arabian Hospital since on 23 November 2009 last year before his death on 6 May 2010.

I want to however, appeal to you to please keep my correspondence to you very secrete and confidential even if you are not interested in my proposal, I want to further inform you that i have in my coffers the sum of US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United States Dollars) only which was given to me to move in a foreign account overseas by my president for safe keeping before he felt sick and died. I am now appealing to you to assist me in transferring the above mentioned amount in your country so that it will be used between me and you. I want to let you know that i am the only person that is aware of the funds and i will never like any other person to know about it and that is why i have appealed to you to please keep this my letter very confidential. I intend that we shall share the funds thus %40 to you and %50 for me while %10 will be used to offset any expenses that may be incurred during the process of the transaction. I am also intending to use my own share for an inves
tment in your country specificall

Kindly note that we shall process this transaction in a legitimate manner so that we will not go contrary to the law and I will give you more information as soon as i hear from you with the below information of yours:

*** Full Name:
*** Address:
*** Tel:



Yours Faithfully,

Dr Paul Anyanwu

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