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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: Mrs Gloria Owolabi <debtoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.gloriaowolabi@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 20:52:06 +0100
Subject: Very Important Notice To Your Payment Release.

Dear Beneficiary,

You do not know me and you likely would not be interested in paying
attention to whatever it is I have to say here. But I want to
encourage you to listen to me, and it will be worth your while. I am a
chartered accountant working at the Telex Unit of the Central Bank of
Nigeria. So, I have knowledge about your unsettled claim still trapped
here due to deceit, Politics and bureaucratic bottlenecks. I am a
WOMAN so i choose to tell you the truth on how best you can receive
your payment but you must promise to keep this information secret,
secondly, once you receive your funds swiftly you will compensate me
OK.

Straight to the point; I want to advise that you refrain from further
attempts to pursue the release of your fund through any official or
legal means BECAUSE you will never get paid through such procedure no
matter how much you pay or documents entitled in your name BECAUSE,
Politicians has always been the ones that decides who gets paid. In
the last dispensation the PDP (the immediate past Political Party in
power then) ONLY paid contractors who were ready to DONATE to their
party so that the party can benefit from the fund released to such
beneficiaries. That explains the tremendous amount of money donated to
the PDP during the last general elections. With the ousting of the PDP
in the last presidential election, the leadership of the APC (the
newly elected Political Party) has followed same pattern in their bid
to build stronger political structure capable of oppressing the
opposition political parties. So it is a vicious circle and this
secret I have shared with you is the simple reason why you have still
not received your claim even after you have certified all obligations.

I will not say much here until you respond, then I will give you
details and guidelines on how to make you an expatriate organizational
member/partner of the APC; the ruling Political Party. Trust me, your
fund will be released with ease as soon as you are connected to this
Power brokers. So, I await your immediate response if you are indeed
still interested in claiming your fund.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Gloria H. Owolabi.

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