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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: "Barr. Ikenga" <iss_mon@mongol.net>
Reply-To: <mr.johnchidozie221@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:52:12 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS

Dear Friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of Mr. José Piendra Pineda from
Mexico, Presently I am in Mexico with my family for investment projects
with my partner Mr. José Piendra Pineda, meanwhile I did not forget your
past efforts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how.

As it standing now, all you need to do is to contact my secretary (
Mr.Chidozie John ) in Republic of Benin and ask him to send you the
ATM debit card worth the total sum of $2.500,000.00 USD (TWO MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ) which I left on your behalf as your
Compensation before traveling to Mexico with my family .Kindly Contact
him through his email address or telephone number as stated below.

Contact Person::MR. CHIDOZIE JOHN
Telephone :: +22968457314
mail address : mr.johnchidozie221@gmail.com

ALSO MAKE SURE YOU FORWARD YOUR BELOW REQUIRED INFORMATION TO HIM

Your full name........
Your Postal address....
Your Telephone number.....

However, I appreciated your efforts at that time.therefore, feel free
to get in touched with my secretary ( Mr.Chidozie John ) and instruct
him where to send you the ATM debit card so that you can start making
your withdrawals at any ATM machine around the world.Please do let me
know immediately you receive the ATM card worth the sum of $2.500,000.00
USD which I kept for your compensation so that we can share the joy
after all the suffers at that time.

Note: that at this moment, I am very busy here in Mexico because of the
investment projects which me and my partner are having at hands,
therefore, I will not be accessing my email every day, I had forwarded
an instruction to my secretary on your behalf to release the ATM debit
card worth the sum of $2.500,000.00 USD with its PIN code to you as
soon as you get in touch with him.

Have a nice day and God bless you.

Yours Sincerely
Brr. Ikenga.

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