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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: "Mrs.Ammarie E.Combs" <barr.dawahjohnmarrowxx@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <barr.dawahjohnmarrow@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:23:20 -0700
Subject:

Hello Friend,
This is Mrs. Ammarie E. Combs. I am a US citizen and one of those that were scammed by Nigerian con artist 4 years ago and I received a compensation notification from the Oasis Compensation House earlier last month for the sum of 1.5Million United States Dollars but I felt it was all the same group of scammers because I have paid over thirtysix thousand Dollars trying to get my payment all to no avail.
So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents and print outs of the all emails and phone calls correspondence I had with those scammers.On my arrival to Nigeria,I was directed to meet the Attorney of Oasis Compensation House ,Barr Dawah John Marrow, who is a Senior legal Advice of Oasis Compensation House.Right there in his office ,he explained everything to me. He said whoever that is contacting us through emails concerning any form of money transfer are fake.
Later,he took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment.It was like a dream right there before me after going through all the scam emails these hoodlums have been sending to me,I was asked for my personal account for the transfer of my compensation payment.
However,Barr Dawah John Marrow, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments,both the scammed people and those who was assulted through emails.So I pleaded with him that hence I have seen this is real and I have received my payment,let him release a copy of that list to me so that I can reach to all the people on the list,either through their phone numbers or their email address.But I have seen the list is so much that I can't call every one on phone,so I decide to pass the information through email.
Please my fellow Americans and the rest of the world,if you are having any dealings through emails concerning money transfer,please stop it right now.They are all lies.I took my time to circulate this information because I know a lot of poor homes have sold all they have got in pursue of money that is not real and a lot of homes also have lost their loved ones because of scam.
However,if you have fallen victim of this drama or you have been assulted several times through emails or you know someone who have been scammed whether dead or alive,here is the good news.The Federal Republic of Nigeria in an effort to regain her integrity from the rest of the world which was lost as a result of her citizens scam activities,have mapped out huge sum of money to compensate the victims of scam and some who have been assulted through emails.
The very first step is to contact Oasis compensation House through an email to Barr Dawah John Marrow notifying him that your name is on the list of the scammed people or that you have been assulted several times through emails or you wanted to assist someone redeem his or her compensation payment.If you fall into any of the three listed above,the compensation money is available in Oasis House.Contact their Attorney directly with the below listed information.
Barr Dawah John Marrow
Senior legal Advicer
OASIS COMPENSATION HOUSE,
plot 226 Moshud Abiola crescent,
Garki,
Fedreal Capital Territory,
Abuja.
+234-703-896-0955
barr.dawahjohnmarrow@gmail.com
The only money I paid to Oasis Compensation House to have my money released was just Ninety dollers for the paper works, take note of this.Finally,I plead with all of you my fellow Americans and the rest of the world to be careful in responding to certain transactions through emails.
You can email me or call my house phone if you want me to explain more of this to you.
 
Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs.Ammarie E.Combs
Owner, LaDiva Creations
1122 gray hwv,
New York City,
10009 NY,
TEL:646-520-0688 EXT 451
ammarieecombs@ymail.com

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