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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. Ada Eze" <officefile0109@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Barr. Ada Eze" <barradaeze2015@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 03:34:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR FUND IN AFRICA


Dear Friend,

The truth about your fund here in Africa is that you
are going
through wrong directions, that is why it is impossible for you to
succeed in completing the process after several payments, I will be very
open to tell you that all info you receive so far was all lies and it
is about
extorting money from you,  and I will advise you to face the reality.

if
you are ready to face the reality and stop wasting your time I will
direct you to the manager who will transfer your fund into your account
without stress.

I
know that you will be surprise to receive this massage but this is
nothing but the truth, it is a planned work with some of the officials
but the manager is not aware, after all the evil they did to
you they go to the bank manager trying to have him transfer the fund in
a account claiming that is your order but the manager refuse to accept
the idea, the manager said he want to talk to you before he can release
the fund, that is to make sure that you authorize the transfer to a
different account.

I have the original bank manager contact info
and I want you to get in touch with him for the transfer but before then
you must not disclose my info to  anybody because this is top secret,
am very sure that the manager will be happy to speak with you because he
want to make sure that your fund is not transferred to some one / or
probably wrong information, and am sure that the account they submitted
to the manager on your behalf is not the bank account you gave to them,
so you really need to do something fast to avoid regret.

If only
you will response back to me upon receipt of this email notification and
follow my instruction, I will
personally direct you to the appointed paying Bank were you will be
paid instead of wasting your hard earned money and time on these
hoodlums, As it may interest you to know all this money you have been
sending would have completed your payment transmission before now if you
had contact the appointed paying Bank.

I shall be expecting to read from you only if you needed my assistance on this matter.

Regards,
Barr. Ada Eze

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