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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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Fraud email example:

From: Oscar Onwudiwe <oscaronwudike03@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 06:42:41 -0700
Subject: Oscar M. Onwudiwe & Co.

From The Desk Of

Oscar M. Onwudiwe & Co.
Legal Solicitor/Private
40, Araromi Street, Onike,
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
EMAIL: Oscar_onwudiwe@legislator.com
TEL: +234.




Dear Sir,

My names are Bar. Oscar M. Onwudiwe , a legal practitioner with
Oscar M. Onwudiwe & Co. a Law Chamber in Nigeria. I saw your contact
and profile and decided that you could cooperate with me in this
proposition.

I have a client by Name Mrs Diezani Allinson-Madueke, a former Minister
of Petroleum in Nigeria, who is currently embattled by the UK and Nigerian
government, for public fund mismanagement that has lead to the confescation
of her properties and bank accounts, since she left office in 2015.

I am contacting you because we are urgently seeking for assistant from you
or
any honest person that can assist us with his/her bank account for us to
remit
the sum of Twenty Five Million USDollars [25,000,000.00.] that was left
under
my care by my client, as the gorvernment are working hard to lay hold of
this
cash and more of her funds.

Because of this, my client has instructed me to search for foreign partner
who
we can entrust with this fund and transfer it to his bank account and we
are ready
to share or give 40% of this fund to you for helping us out.

This means that the proceeds of my bank account would be paid to you as
my business partner, because i intend to use my share of the fund for
importation business.
When the proceeds in my bank account are paid to you, we would share the
proceeds on a mutually
agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self.
All the legal documents to back up this transaction will be provided by me.

The most important thing I would need is your honest
co-operation in this proposition. This would be done under a legitimate
arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law.

If this business proposition offends your moral and ethical values, feel
free to back out. Please contact me at once if you are interested reply
through my Official email (Oscar_onwudiwe@legislator.com)

Yours Sincerely

Bar. Oscar M. Onwudiwe
Senior Advocate and Solicitor
Oscar M. Onwudiwe & Co.

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