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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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Fraud email example:

From: John & Joy Ojeo <johnojeo2012@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: johnojeoo2012@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 12:34:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From : John and Joy Ojeo

From : John and Joy Ojeo

My names are John and Joy Ojeo we are from Mende District in Liberia. we decide to contact you after much fasting and prayers, as we don’t know what next to do. Our father Dr. Maxwell Ojeo, I and my little Sister Joy were the only children of our late perents, our father was a gold and diamond dealer in Liberia until his death. Though our mother always warns him to stop this diamond business because it is very scary due to the way my father bodyguards use to carry guns around. One faithful afternoon, we came back from school, and found our father, mother and his two bodyguards lying dead in cold blood.

After the burial arrangement, my uncle conspired and sold our father’s properties to a Chinese Expatriate and lives nothing for us.and we had to drop out from school and became an orphan's, a slave in our father’s house. But one morning, I opened our late father's briefcase and found the document of the deposited amount of 5,500,000 US$ he made with a bank in Cote d'Ivoire. So, I tolk my little sister and we left Liberia and traveled to Ivory Coast where I we are contacting you from now to secure the release of these fund, so that we can start a better life with it. On our arrival to Ivory Coast, the bank manager confirmed the deposit slip and said that we need to get in touch with our late father's brother or partner for the release of this Fund that he can not Release it to me because of our Age I am 20years of age and my sister 16years now as i am the next of kin that my father use in Depositing the fund.

I really don’t know what next to do than to contact you for help as we cannot return to our uncle or to our country for this matter Because there are looking for us to Kill. It was on this thought after much fasting and prayer's that we decided to contact you so that you stand for us and help us secure the release of this Fund into your account in your Country. we believe and trust God that you will not betray this trust that we are putting in your Hand. we will also need your help to relocate us to your country because our uncle will kill us if he discovers our plans and the existence of this fund. You will help us to Invest this money in a good & Lucrative business of your chioce in your Country and also help us get admission into a nice University in your country so that we can continue our studies.

we will be willing to compensate you with 25% of the total money if you will honestly help us secure this fund. As soon as we receive your assurance that you will help us, we will give you more details even the Deposite Document Backing up this Fund.

Waiting for your Response.

May GOD Bless you.

John and Joy Ojeo

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