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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: "Mr.Sosotu Atukwu." <satukwu09@gmail.com>
Reply-To: akumen2013@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 18:49:07 +0100
Subject: lets assist the needys.

From: Mr.Sosotu Atukwu.
12,rue desovose,Lome,
TOGO.

Dear Loved One,
How are you today?hope you are fine Please permit me to
introduce myself, I am Mr.Sosotu Atukwu.As you read this, I
don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe
every one will die some day.

I was a Crude Oil merchant in TOGO,i have been diagnosed
with Esophageal spinal cord after the Autor crash accident I
hard A year and six months now. It has defiled all forms of
medical treatment no improvements I stay one place i n the
Hospital with out walking,this mail was written by one of my
closerest nurse who is inthe hospital here and hard promised
to keep this secret.
I await for death any time from now may be in the next few
months,according to medical experts. I have not particularly
lived my life so well,as I never really cared for anyone(not
even myself)but my business. Though Iam very rich, I was
never generous, I was always hostile to people and only
focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared
for.But now I regret all this as I now know that there is
more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money
in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this
world I would live my life a different way from how I have
lived it. Now that God ha!! s called me, I have willed and
given most of my property and assets to my immediate and
extended family members as well as a few close friends.I
want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have
decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want
this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far,
I have distributed money to some charity organizations in
Austra,cameroun,liberia,Algeria and Malaysia.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I can not do
this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to
close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I
have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan,
they refused and kept the money to themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them. The last of my
money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of
million dollars $25,000,000,00 that I have with a
finance/Security Company abroad.
I will want you to help me collect this deposit and
dispatched it to charity organizations. have set
aside 10% for you and for your time. If you feel up to it
and you are honest, please contact me asap.and I shall
proceed on the documents concerned you will receive this
money within 3-4 working days from now.
God be with you.
Mr.Sosotu Atukwu.




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