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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: PHINA UDO <mrs.phinaudo@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:06:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear


Dear

I am  Mrs Phina Udo from Abidjan  living  in Nigeria , I was a formal  girl friend of late president of Nigeria Late General Sani Abacha before  his   died   I took some boxes of  money to Brazil and deposited with a security company.


Please I will like to use your names to do the change of deposit as my business partner who will come to Brazil to claim the consignment boxes out from the security company.

I cannot claim the boxes out from the security company because of my present condition in Nigeria.The total amount inside the box is US90 million dollars cash. I will give you 25% of the total money  in the boxes,  and 5% will be for any expenses you are going to do in cost of bringing the consignment boxes out from the security company in Brazil.

The remaining 70% will be for the investment I will like to do in your country which you will be the one who will invest the money for me. As soon as I heard from you today I will introduce you to the security company as my business partner who will take the claim of the boxes.
Below is the website

 http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-pushes-to-recover-abacha-s-185m-from-liechtenstein/161321/


\Waiting to hear from you.

Best Regards
Mrs. Phina Udo
EMAIL: mrs.phinaudo@yahoo.fr














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