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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: "MOHAMMED OSAMA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohdosama@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 17:39:35 +0100
Subject: CALL ME ASAP

 
 
Dear Friend
Thank you very much for your interest and willingness to assist me in this business.
I truly appreciate your strong interest and willingness to know more about the business which i have introduced to you in order to help me realize it and also share the great benefits with together me. Be you totally assured that you will make a very wise and highlyrewarding decision where you accept to assist me in this business because we have a lot to gain and many more greater deals to execute together immediately we have successfully completed this very transaction.It is important you know that here in Africa,as a very fast developing continent,many good financial opportunties involving millions  of Dollars do exist but our major problem here has been that of finding reliable and trusted foreign partners to collaborate with us. If you really prove yourself worthy, you will ever be grateful and happy throughout your life time for knowing me as your African business partner.
To be very honest with you, this transaction i have opened-up to you is totally genuine and 100% risk-free.I am absolutely assuring you that no trouble or problem is involved in this transaction either in the short-run or in the long-run because i have been working with this bank for many years,hence i know all its secrets very well and i have carefully mapped-out my perfect strategies to carry out this transaction successfully.Again,you have to understand that the deceased customer of the bank who deposited the money in question was my very close friend and i was his personal financial adviser before his accidental death,that being the main reason why i alone working in the bank here,know much about the existence of this fund and the secrets surrounding this money and its depositor who accidentally died in plane crash some years back.
 
However, i have tried several times to call you on the phone number you sent to me but your phone line is not passing through from here. I have insisted to call your phone number, even now as i write to you but without any success. Before we proceed with this transaction,i believe that it is very necessary that we should have some brief phone discussion.Please try to call me immediately on my private phone number +2348154123289 for us to have a brief talk before we go ahead with this transaction.As soon as i receive your call,i will never delay to give you more details about this transaction as well as the procedures we are to follow to achieve maximum success.Also i will send you the pattern of the the application form which you have to fill and send to the foreign remittance department of the bank here to make successful claims over the fund as the next of kin to the deceased.I hope to see your reply soonest.
 
Note: Please understand that this transaction concerns transferring of $36,000,000 which was deposited by a customer of the Bank here before his accidental death some years ago.I would want you to apply as the beneficiary of this fund using the information about this fund and the deceased bank customer,which i will later give to you so that the fund will be remitted into your bank account.Once the fund is successfully transferred into your bank account,i will visit your country for us to share the fund according to the percentages which i indicated in my first message to you.
send me your  full name address cell phone number with bank details asap we proceed if y
u
are truly my helper
Thanks and may the Almighty Bless you and your family.
MOHAMMED ABDUL O

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