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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: "DR.PETER Ayki OBI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Central_fund@financier.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 01:45:46 -0700
Subject: KONFIDENTSIAL'NO KUR'YER OPLATA

Komu:
 
I Am Dr.Peter Ayki Obi, gubernator CBN ya reshil svyazat'sya s vami iz-za slozhivsheysya doklada bezopasnosti, dostigayushchego v moy ofis i intensivnyy kharakter gosudarstvennogo ustroystva v Nigerii. Eto dolzhno soobshchit' vam o nashem plane, chtoby otpravit' vash fond s vami s pomoshch'yu nalichnykh dostavki, eta sistema budet proshche dlya vas i dlya nas. My sobirayemsya otpravit' vash kontrakt chastichnuyu oplatu SSHA $ 15.2Million vam po kur'yerskikh sluzhb YA obespechennyy kazhdyy neobkhodimyy dokument, chtoby pokryt' money.Note: Den'gi prikhodyat na 2 bezopasnosti dokazatel'stva korobki, korobki zapechatany pechat'yu sinteticheskogo neylona i dopolnyayetsya mashiny. YA budu ispol'zovat' moye polozheniye kak gubernator CBN vypustit' etot fond dlya vas Korobki prikhodyat s agentom kur'yera, kotoryy budet soprovozhdat' Korobki dlya vashego doma adresu. Vse, chto vam nuzhno sdelat' seychas, chtoby otpravit' svoi dannyye mne:
 
1. Vash polnyy adres dom
2. Vasha lichnost', takiye kak, zagranpasporta ili voditel'skogo udostovereniya
3. Vashi kontaktnyye telefony,
4. Vashe polnoye imya,
5. Vozrast i zanyatiy
 
Kur'yer Agenty prikreplennyye poyedet s etim neobkhodimaya informatsiya dlya dostavki vashego fonda. On prizovet vas totchas pribyl aeroport vashey strany. YA nadeyus' ty ponimayesh' menya. YA dam vam znat', kogda eti partii budut snyaty, i Primechaniye: Agent ne znayet, original'noye soderzhimoye korobki. Chto zayavil im, kak soderzhaniye chuvstvitelen Fotoplenka materiala. YA ne zayavlyayu, im den'gi pozhaluysta. Yesli oni nazyvayut vas i proshu vas soderzhimoye, pozhaluysta, soobshchite im to zhe samoye OK. Pozvoni mne srazu, i ya dam vam znat', kak daleko ya poshel s rasstanovkoy.
 
YA obespechit' sertifikat oformleniye, kotoroye budet pomechena na korobkakh, kotoryye ya poshlet vmeste s vnutrennimi bezopasnosti klyuchi ot partiy dlya togo, chtoby poluchit' dostup k eti gruzy vskore, kak ona postavila dlya vas. Etot zazor sdelayet proyti kazhdyy pol'zovatel'skiy kontrol'no-propusknoy punkt po vsemu miru bez suchka i zadorinki. Podtverdite polucheniye etogo soobshcheniya i otpravit' trebovaniya ko mne srazu zhe vy poluchite eto soobshcheniye. Pozhaluysta, mne nuzhna vasha srochnaya otvet, potomu chto yashchiki grafik dlya perebroski kak tol'ko my slyshim ot vas. Pozvonite mne, vy srazu poluchite etot message.TEL: + 234-812-0637-655 otvet na eto E-MAIL
(Central_fund@financier.com)
 
S Uvazheniyem,
DR.PETER Ayki OBI,

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