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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: "Barr. Tony Bamikole"<bamikole.barr.tony@yandex.com>
Reply-To: tony1tony1@yandex.com
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:08:44 -0700
Subject: From Barr. Tony Bamikole.................RESPONSE


From Barr. Tony Bamikole, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND A COPY OF YOUR REPLY TO=
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW. TONYBAMIKOLE99999@yandex.com Good day, My name a=
re Barrister Tony Bamikole the attorney to the formal (CSO) chief security =
officer to past president of Nigeria president Good luck Ebele Jonathan who=
just hand over to the new president of Nigeria,Due to the ongoing investig=
ation and the promise of the new president to the world and the president o=
f the United States of America to retrieve every funds that last government=
officer has been looted out of the country through their foreign account. =
In view of this, he directed me as his personal attorney to assist him look=
for any foreign investor to manage the money that is deposited in a financ=
ial institution, this funds was deposited in an open beneficiary for securi=
ty reasons, in which i will send you a power of attorney and some other rel=
evant documents as the attorney which will help you contact the financial i=
nstitution on how the funds will be transfer to you without any problem. be=
low is the link in case you want to verified http://saharareporters.com/201=
5/07/18/nigeria-arrest-former-chief-security-officer-ex-president-jonathan =
Please if you are interested kindly get back to me immediately so we can gi=
ve you more detail how you can get this fund secure. I will be waiting to h=
ear from you, Kindly send me below information if you are interested FULL N=
AME FULL HOUSE ADDRESS AGE OCCUPATION DIRECT PHONE NUMBER FAX NUMBER PHOTO-=
PICTURE As soon as i get this from you this will allow me call you and disc=
uss with you immediately as soon as I receive your reply. I will like you t=
o keep this business deal confidential until this business is complete. You=
rs Sincerelly Barr. Tony Bamikole PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND A COPY OF YOUR =
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW. TONYBAMIKOLE99999@yandex.com

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