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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: "ROLAND ODUAH" <admin@paulovi2sector.com>
Reply-To: rolandoduah@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:28:39 -0500
Subject: Please contact me for details



Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Roland Oduah,an attorney to a citizen of you country who worked
with a well known corporation here as a contractor.He died with
the entire family as a result of accident they had.He had a huge deposit
of fund with a bank here worth US22.4M (Twenty Two Million,
four Hundred Thousand United Stated Dollars) with no next of kin to claim
this money.The bank wants to confiscate this money because no
one has come for its claim.

The fund is legitimate and risk free.I want us to work together and claim
this fund.I will present you as his next of kin you being a
foreigner.If interested,please contact me for more details.


Contact me with this Email:rolandoduah@gmail.com

Regards,
Roland Oduah Esq.


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