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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: Frank Odozi <mrs.yapo1@xtra.co.nz>
Reply-To: frankodozi09@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:21:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: YOUR PAYMENT FILE ON MY DESK






FROM THE DESK OF DR.FRANK ODOZI

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

FOREIGN DEBT RECONCILIATION PANEL

(CONTRACT PAYMENT, COSTING, INVESTIGATION AND APPROVAL)

 

 

RE: YOUR PAYMENT FILE ON MY DESK

 

I HAVE GONE THROUGH
YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT FILE AS DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDENCY, AND SEEN THAT IT WILL
TAKE US A LONG PROCESS FOR YOUR MONEY TO BE RELEASED DUE TO SOME IRREGULARITIES
DETECTED IN YOUR FILE. DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE SPENT
SO MUCH IN TRYING TO REALIZE YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT, WHICH DID NOT EVEN REFLECT
IN YOUR FILE, BUT I HAVE AN OFFER, WHICH WILL AT LEAST HELP YOUR FINANCIAL
STAND UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT.

 

THIS OFFER IS AN
AMOUNT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LEFT OVER. IT IS A TOTAL SUM OF US$17,600,000.00
(SEVENTEEN MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), WHICH WILL BE
SHARED BETWEEN YOU AND I IN THE RATIO OF 50% - 50%. THIS AMOUNT IS NOT FROM
YOUR CONTRACT SUM OR HAVE ANY THING RELATED TO YOUR CONTRACT SUM, RATHER IT IS
A LEFT OVER FROM THE AMOUNT USED IN PAYING LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND IT IS DIRECTLY
UNDER MY CUSTODY.

 

I AM OFFERING YOU THIS
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT YOUR CONTRACT FUND WILL NOT BE RELEASED ON TIME UNTIL
ALL THE ANOMALIES ARE RECTIFIED AND ALSO BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTOR.

 

THE ONLY THINGS NEEDED
FOR THIS US$17.6 MILLION TO BE TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT LESS THAN 24 HOURS
ARE AS FOLLOW: - A BANK ACCOUNT, YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND MAILING ADDRESS.FOR
YOUR INFORMATION, THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT PAYMENT; THEREFORE THERE WILL BE NO
BUREAUCRACY OR MISFORTUNE..

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF
YOU ARE WILLING TO MAKE THIS DEAL WITH ME, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY ON
MY EMAIL FURNISHING ME WITH YOUR NEW ACCOUNT. ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THIS
TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US JUST 48 HOURS TO ACCOMPLISH.

 

YOURS TRULY,

 

DR.FRANK ODOZI

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