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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: Isaac Ogeoma <isaacogeoma2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 06:40:47 +0100
Subject: Can I Trust You??.

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Dear Sir/Madam.

I am contacting you to propose a deal that will be of high benefit to
both of us. I am Mr Isaac Ogeoma. I am the personal attorney to late
MR. BRONISLAW GEREMEK, a Polish citizen who was a Category "A"
contractor to the Nigerian Government before he died in a car crash on
July 13, 2008.

I am contacting you because the payment of Twenty Two Million United
States Dollars for the last contract he did for Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2006. INEC is ready to pay for the
contract now but there is no one to receive the payment because he has
no Next-of-Kin in his file at INEC, hence I have been mandated by INEC
as his attorney to provide an "appointed Next-of-Kin" for the claim of
the money. On this capacity, therefore, I seek your consent to present
you as an appointed Next-of-Kin, so that this contract payment will be
released and paid to you.

Once the payment is made to you, we will share it at the ratio of
50/50. That is, Eleven Million for you and Eleven Million for me. I
must let you know that your name and place of residence does not
matter in this process. Understand that we will not be doing wrong to
humanity by claiming the payment because if we do not claim it, the
government will retain it as nobody is to receive the funds as his
next-of-kin. I want to assure you that this will be done under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I will provide all the legal documents to back up the claim. The
most important thing I need is your honest cooperation.

If you are interested in this offer, kindly indicate by sending the
following details to me for immediate submission of claim application
to the INEC. The details I need from you are: (1) your full name. (2)
Your full address. (3) Your age & occupation. (4) Your private
telephone and fax numbers. Let me hear from you.

Best regards,
Mr Isaac Ogeoma.234-7054438020.

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