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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: "DAVID OKOBA" <sato@kitani.com.br>
Reply-To: <africaunited.antifraud@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:17:38 -0300
Subject: AFRICA UNITED ANTI-FRAUD REINFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION

( AFRICA UNITED ANTI-FRAUD REINFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION )
THREE COUNTRIES WHICH NIGERIA,COTONOU AND GHANA
AGREED TO FIGHT FRAUD,
THIS IS PAYMENT CODE 234-229-23 .
CALL US ON PHONE +23481 672 96280

ATTENTION,,

THE THREE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGREED TO FIGHT THE FRAUD IN THEIR COUNTRIES AFTER THE UNDERGROUND MEETING HELD FOR SIX MONTHS THEY SELECT FORCE MEN.POLICE, CUSTOM, ARMY, NAVY AND IMMIGRATION FOR THE FRAUD FIGHTER AND EQUIPPED THEM FOR THE WAR,EACH COUNTRY BRING THEIR BEST INTELLIGENCE, THEN THE THREE TEAM JOIN TOGETHER AND FIGHT THE FRAUDS IN THE AFRICA.


THROUGH THE SIX MONTH MEETING THE THREE COUNTRIES SINGED BY THEIR PRESIDENT AND FEDERAL TREASURY THAT THEY WILL PAY ALL THE VICTIM BACK THEIR LO0SING MONEY THEN INSTRUCTED THE TEAM TO START THEIR INVESTIGATION.



I AM THE HEAD MAN IN THE 234-229-23 THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATION WE MADE FOR THREE MONTHS NOW WE FIND OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE FALL INTO THE VICTIM WHICH YOU ONE OF THEM THAT SCAM COLLECTED THEIR MONEY BY THOSE FRAUD IN THE THREE COUNTRIES WITH EMPTY PROMISE,THEY WILL PROMISE TO TRANSFER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO YOU BY ATM CARD WIRE,TRANSFER, BANK TO BANK, CONSIGNMENT-BOX,

WESTERN UNION, AND MONEY GRAM. THEY WILL ASK YOU TO SEND SOME FEES THEY COLLECTED ALL YOUR MONEY AND YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN.

WE ARRESTED 12 IMPOSTERS ONE OF THEM IS WITH YOUR BELOW INFO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE DECIDE TO CONTACT YOU TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO CLAIM YOUR FUNDS YOU ADVICE TO CONFIRM THE BELOW INFO TO KNOW WEATHER IF IT IS YOURS AND BE INFORM THAT THE TOTAL SUM OF $6,MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR WAS THE AMOUNT AGREED TO SEND TO YOU BY THE THREE COUNTRIES $2.M EACH.


PLEASE KINDLY YOU REPLY BACK TO US IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL AND BE INFORM THAT YOU ARE NOT PAYING ANY MONEY FOR THE RECEIVING OF THE TOTAL SAID AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WE ARE NOT TRANSFER THE SAID AMOUNT TO YOU BY INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER YOU WILL COME DOWN BY YOUR SELF TO SIGN OUT YOUR FUNDS TO CLAIM IT IN THE BANK.

REMEMBER THAT THE $6.M IS BELONG TO YOU IT IS ALREADY SIGNED WAITING FOR YOU TO CONTACT US FOR IT BEAR IT IN MIND ONCE AGAIN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHARGE YOU FOR ANY FEE.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE TO COME BY YOUR SELF TO HAVE YOUR FUNDS BECAUSE ANY TRANSFER OR DELIVERING WILL ATTRACT FEE WHICH WE FORBIDDEN TO AVOID ANY NECESSARY EXPENSES ON YOUR END SO NO BANK TO BANK TRANSFER.
OR ATM MASTERED CARD UNLESS YOU REQUEST FOR IT WHICH WE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOU WILL COME DOWN TO GHANA TO CLAIM YOUR FRAUDS BY YOURSELF TO AVOID ANY WRONG PAYMENT.

REPLY TO OUR EMAIL AS BELOW WITH THE RECONFIRMATION OF YOUR BELOW INFO.
EMAIL; ( antifraudafricaunited@yahoo.com ) or ( africaunited.antifraud@yahoo.com)

RECONFIRM YOUR BELOW NAME;


BEST REGARD
DAVID OKOBA

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