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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: "Gene L. Dodaro" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <comptroller@osc-state.us>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:45:54 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT

UNITED STATE COMPTRLLER GENERAL,
OFFICE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS USA,
110 STATE STREET,
ALBANY, NEW YORK 12236.

GREETINGS,

I have tried reaching you on the phone severally but no response until last night that a

lady picked and informed me that I have been calling a wrong telephone number, so I

decided to reach you by email today. I will be brief in this message for safety reasons

though I would not have used this medium (Internet) if I had reached you through the

phone, email is also the fastest, surest and good secured medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is un-official and private, and it should be treated as such.

I also guarantee you that this transaction is hitch free from all what you may think of.

I am MR. GENE L. DODARO, the united State Comptroller general, Office of Unclaimed Funds

USA. I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this

transaction.i have $250 million US dollars to invest in communication company in your

country, i want you to receive this money to build the company on my behalf, am doing

this because of my office, If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get

this mail, so that, I can make the transfer of the money without further delay.

You can also search about me here: {https://www.c-span.org/person/?genedodaro}

Mr. Gene L. Dodaro
COMTROLLER GENERAL USA

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