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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: "BADUL SOWEDO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <badulsowedo5@02.pl>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:31:10 +0100
Subject: I will appreciate your earliest response.

My name is Mr. BADUL SOWEDO a personal assistance to the wife of the late president Omar Bongo, late president of republic of Gabon, who died 8th of June, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.


Before his death he amassed a fortune, including 66 private bank account and more than 45 houses all over the world in the name of his immediate family.


He also made a lot of cash deposit in big security companies in Spain, France and Belgium and Switzerland.


As i write to you there is a cash deposit of $80 million US Dollars he made in a security company in Spain in a coded formula, it's only his wife and I who knows about it.


Now as his financial consultants, who have good knowledge of the deposit, the wife has mandated me to seek for a reliable, trust worthy person who will stand as beneficiary to receive the funds for proper and profitable investment as she cannot lay direct claim to the funds because of the ongoing probe and investigation of Omar Bongo past administration by the European union economic community.


There is no risk involved at all as all the logistics for a smooth transaction has been perfected by us.

She has agreed to offer you 20%, of the funds for this assistance.

Please this is a highly confidential proposal which must be kept secret to you only.

s do contact me on my direct telephone number stated below or better still via my email address: badulsowedo5@gmail.com
I will appreciate your earliest response.

Yours sincerely,
MR.BADUL SOWEDO.

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