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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: Mr Alex Dozie <bullealexjunior@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Mr Alex Dozie <mr.kayadebola@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:25:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HAPPY NEW WEEK AND COMPLIEMENT OF THE DAY ???


 Dear Friend,
Compliments of the day and happy New Year. I decided to contact you after
I received a worthy information about your reliability and honesty.Hence
I confide in you and your family.

This is a good news to you and I, it is a testimony to me that last
year July i had a transaction with about seven different persons,
four of them were from united state of America (USA) and three of
the were from United Kingdom (ENGLAND). All of them try very well but it
failed us some how in the sense that they could not finalize the transaction
with me.

After then i later contact a new partner from Paraguay and get
those funds worth eight million five hundred thousand USD($8.5MUSD)
transferred. so right now i have lost the contact of those people and i have
make agreement and swore with God that after this business i must
compensate any body whom bears the same name with my partner whom i lost their
contact. so therefore, feel free and get in touch with my secretary
and instruct him where to send the amount to you.


Though I have told him to make it in a very simple method either through of the
following options which is out listed by me so that it will not take you long to
receive your own share.

A] Bank Wire Transfer
B] ATM master Card Programming
C]Courier Companies and Finally Through any other option that you prefer to be convenience to you.

Now contact my secretary,his name is Kayade Bola on:( mrkayade.bola@yahoo.co.uk )
ask him to send you the total $1.500.000.00 one million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars
international bank draft written by your name which i agree and swore
with my God that i will kept for you as a compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts those people try to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated their efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get
in touch with my secretary and instruct him where to send the bank
draft to you or change it the bank draft to your own convenience because i kept the bank draft
with bank for security reason.


Also note that if you did not send him your information complete, he
will not release the bank draft to you because he has to be sure that it
is you. Ask him to send you the total sum of $1.500.000.00 USD Bank draft
which I kept for you.Note also that I will not be
reached by email or phone for now because I am currently away in Japan
for investment purpose with my share and I will be busy till about six
months time or a year.

Best regards,

Sincerely Yours,
MR ALEX DOZIE

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