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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: MARIA OBASI <lijing@bjnac.gov.cn>
Reply-To: <mobasi73@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:41:18 +0700
Subject: Email me back.

Dear Sir,

I want to bring to your knowledge of a very lucrative business opportunity,
which I will like you to consider as a golden opportunity worth doing if you
promise to keep optimum confidentiality. I have some money lodged in a
private security vault in your country and I would require your cooperation
as a partner to claim it out from the security vault as the beneficiary.

I work as a diplomatic agent who accompany contractor's/Inheritance funds in cash to seven countries for payments.
Presently there are two boxes that contain $24,000,000.00 and in each of theboxes contains $12,000,000.00.

These two boxes were supposed to be for contract/inheritance payment of one
contractor from DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, who died but non of his next of kin has
come to claim the funds. I was asked that I should endorse it for the funds
to be returned to the banks treasury. I did not endorse it but rather
decided to divert it and moved it out to a private security vault so as to
use anyone that will be interested to work with me as a partner and claim
the boxes.

If you are willingly and interested in this business, please act fast to get
in touch with me so that we can begin immediately to arrange getting the
boxes out fast. And for your compensation, I would not be greedy because it
is not my personal money, we will share it equally (50%, 50%) as partners.

Email me back.


yours faithfully,

Maria Obasi.

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