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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: URGENT RESPONDS <keaneryabidunale@goo.jp>
Reply-To: URGENT RESPONDS <s.nodima@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 15:11:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Fund Approval & Claim Department

For your attention:

Hoping that you are fine today!!

For a formal introduction, I am a United Nations Official here in the UK, I held a very good position as an Assistant Financial Officer (Fund Approval & Claim Department). I am sorry for not giving you my full names at this point, this is for security reason, but I am sure that in our next conversation I will provide all my full information.

It is with a great honor and I am privileged to contact you today, Although we do not know each other but having gone through your profile, I believe that we can develop a friendly relationship that will benefit our families in the future. Some times we use the opportunities we have through our position to boost our financial status and I am very sure that you and I can team up as partners.

At the moment, there is a UN Project, and it is a very profitable project, which I would like to introduce to you so that we can jointly handle the project and share some good profit from it.


Please respond to this message and let me know your thoughts by sending me your full names (Surname and other names) and address so that I can check it with the name I have on my file and I will contact you again with full project details, the amount involve, the sharing ratio and also the project procedures.

Thanks and God bless.

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Mr. S Nodima
Financial Officer (Assistant)
Fund Approval & Claim Department
Email: s.nodima@aol.com

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