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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: samsonic sam <samsonic200014@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 19:09:32 +0100
Subject: Business Connection,

Sir,

Business Connection,

Would you be able to invest the sum of US$10.5m. in your
company/country for our mutual benefit? I am Chris Davies, personal
assistance to late Engineer Daniel Johnson a Nigerian based engineer.
My boss, engineer Daniel Johnson after his contract of erecting an oil
well in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, made a deposit of the above
amount in Oceanic Bank here in Nigeria prior to his kidnapping and
subsequent killing by the Niger Delta militants, a carnage that is
claiming the lives of many expatriates in Nigeria.

Engineer Daniel Johnson was a divorcee and had no child to inherit his
assets here in Nigeria where he nationalized before his death. This
has left this amount in flotation in the vault of the Oceanic Bank and
all efforts by the Bank authority to trace any member of Engr.Daniel's
family to claim the funds have proved abortive.

So if you know you are in position to enter into a joint venture with
me in your country, i will guide you on how to put a claim to the Bank
as the next of kin to Engr. Daniel Johnson with the legal
documentation in place, the bank will release the US$10.5m Dollars to
any bank account you will provide within 7 days of notification.

Right now i am the only person that knows about this deposit and i
will provide the necessary guidance and direction as soon as you
indicate interest.

Contact me immediately for further briefing.


Looking forward to a lasting business relationship.
Yours Sincerely,
Chris Davies.

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