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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: "Ms. Miriam Cook" <alimomodu88@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msmiriamcook@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:58:27 +0100
Subject: This is good news for you!!!

I am Ms Miriam Cook, I am a US citizen,62 years Old. I reside here in
Connecticut. My residential address is as follows.14 Hartford Ave,
Apt.306 Enfield Connecticut 06082 United States of America, am
thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that
took part in inheritance as next of kin and in Compensation in Burkina
Faso Africa some years ago and they refused to pay me after approval
as the owner of the fund, I paid thousands of dollars in different
reasons including documentation while I was in the United States,
trying to get the fund all to no avail.

Later I got information that Africa has signed document agreement with
European Union to pay any body who has documented evidence as
defrauded by any state from Africa, I was introduced to the man who is
elected to handle African cases of fraud, So I decided to contact him,

God so kind he was in America so I decided to travel with him down to
Africa with all documents given to me by the fraudsters, and I was
directed to meet Rev . Nicholas Daniel Ozcam the director of African
anti-fraud, who is the member of EUROPEAN COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE
with the UNITED NATIONS and IMF, and I contacted him and he explained
everything to me. He said to me "whoever that is contacting us through
emails for compensation or to claim as next of kin to deceased person
is fake." Or trying to collect money of courier service is fake.

He took me to the United Nations in Nigeria, and to the central bank
for the claim of my expenses and the fund since I had the evidence of
documented approval as the next of kin, he appealed for my payment
through ECOWAS under the power and authority of United Nation. Right
now I am the happiest woman on earth because I have received the funds
plus my past expenses all worth of $5,230, 000:00, though I spent
small money but it was United nations official fees.

Moreover, Rev Nicholas Daniel Ozcam showed me the full information of
those that are reported defraud yet to come for claims because they
are not aware of this newly formed organization, that recover
defrauded funds, and I saw your name as one of the defrauded, and
your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing
with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making
money out of you. I will advise you to contact Rev Nicholas Daniel
ozcam. he will help to recover your expenses and the fund in question.

You have to contact him directly on this information below.

Name : Rev. Nicholas Daniel Ozcam.
Email : rev.nicholasdanielozcam@hotmail.com


If you are interested contact him, you will help us fight against
African fraud

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