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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.Gliert Okeke <gliertokeke91@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <officeassist@mail15.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:54:02 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION FRIEND

ATTENTION FRIEND,
 
I AM DR.GLIERT OKEKE I AM USING THIS MEDIA TO INFORM YOU ABOUT MY SUCCESS IN GETTING THE FUND TRANSFERRED INTO A SWISS ACCOUNT.HOWEVER I DID NOT FORGET YOUR PASS EFFORT TO ASSIST ME DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT FAILED US SOME HOW. I HAVE THEREFORE KEPT THE SUM OF US$3.500, 000.00 IN A CASHIER CHEQUE WITH MY SECRETARY,NOW I WANT YOU TO CONTACT MY SECRETARY ON THE INFORMATION BELOW AND RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION OF $3.5MILLION US DOLLARS FROM HIM:
 
NAME..:  MR.DAVID WILLIAMS.
MAIL: (officeassist@mail15.com)
 
TO FACILITATE ISSUE ON GROUND, I WILL KINDLY LIKE YOU TO RECONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION AGAIN BY SENDING HIM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO PROVE YOURSELF TO HIM:
 
FULL NAME;...........................
ADDRESS:...........................
COUNTRY:..............................
AGE:.........................................
OCCUPATION:................................
PHONE NUMBER:............................
 
 
NOTE THAT IF YOU DID NOT SEND HIM THE ABOVE INFORMATION COMPLETE THAT MEANS HE WILL NOT RELEASE THE CHEQUE TO YOU BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE SURE THAT IT IS YOU.ASK HIM TO SEND YOU THE TOTAL SUM OF $3.5MILLION US DOLLARS CASHIER'S CHEQUE,WHICH I KEPT FOR YOU.
MORE SO NOTE THAT I WILL NOT BE REACHED BY EMAIL OR PHONE FOR NOW BECAUSE I AM CURRENTLY AWAY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE WITH MY SHARE AND I WILL BE BUSY TILL ABOUT SIX MONTHS TIME OR A YEAR.
 
REGARDS,
Dr.GLIERT OKEKE,

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