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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: "Mrs. Rita Ajiri" <ap6080@sco.com.sg>
Reply-To: "Mr. John Oboko" <johnoboko03@yahoo.dk>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:06:00 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Urgent Notice



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CALL ME ASAP +2348058702164 for your cash prize of $2,000,000,00 USD.
Mr.JOHN OBOKO Meanwhile will implore to confirm the reception of
this email as soon as you receive so that i may know that you are the
right person am contacting to avoid paying the wrong Winners. Do have
a wonderful day and stay in tune. And this is my telephone number
+2348058702164 as i will be expecting your phone call before the end
of today.

Thank you,
Sincere regards,
Mr.JOHN OBOKO

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