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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: johnuba06@seznam.cz
Reply-To: johnuba1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:55:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?Greeting=2C?=

Greeting,

My Name is John Uba the son of late Mr Alex Uba from Cote D'Ivoire and my father was the financial adviser to the former personal chief financial treasurer to Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with it’s branches all over the world).

I have a re-profiling amount of Three Million Two hundred thousand United States Dollars, $3,200,000. Which my late father deposited in a bank with my name as the next of kin and I am seeking your assistance to help me accommodate and secure these money for me and my family, please note that all the legal documents will be provided upon your request so that we can proceed further in this transaction and you will be compensated with 15% of the total funds for your assistance.

If you know that you are capable enough to handle this amount, then get back to me with your full information’s through .

Thank And God Bless You,

Best Regards,

John

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