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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: "Philip Obioma" <stht.pg@syntaihung.com>
Reply-To: philip.obioma@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 19:19:09 +0800
Subject: Hello


Dear Friend,
As the fund beneficiary, I decided to contact you to offer my personal
assistance to secure the release of your contract fund with the federal
government of Nigeria for our mutual benefit. I am from the Ugoni Kingdom
in Rivers State where the contract was executed many years ago in the Crude
oil Refinery.
Based on the information gathered from reliable bank officials who revealed
that you have been waiting for a long time to receive this fund, and I also
found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements of the
bank and numerous government agencies in respect of your payment but your
problem is that of interest group.
Therefore, I am ready to help you work out the release of this fund, after
going through the record files regarding overdue contract sum of
US$18.5million which is yet to be paid to the real beneficiary, it was
revealed that those people whom you trusted to be officials from here in
Nigeria had been the ones working against you over the release of this
inheritance fund.
However, I will help you to arrange for the payment from here and you will
agree to share with me upon the successful transfer of this fund into your
account or anywhere you desire. If you are willing, let me hear from you as
soon as possible for more details on what to do immediately to share this
great opportunity with you for future investment.
With my sincere heart, I write this message to you this day; we are aware
of what you have been going through concerning the release of this fund in
the hands of the bank officials. Please, do not disregard this contact from
me this morning.
Yours truly,
Barr. Philip Obioma.



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