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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: "BET TV BOBOJAY/NCG TV" <ncgbase@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:33:59 -0700
Subject: Re: Sponsorship Request


Dear Sir/Madam,

At BobojayTV, we publish news, articles, promote goods and services. We
also provide online contest for Nigerians since we lunching of our
offlicial blog (bobojaytv.com). For BobojayTV end of the year photogenic
contest, we’re aiming to raise =N=300,000 - $822 to fund this Contest in a
bigger way.

On 15/11/2019 we are planning to host end of the year Photo Contest to mark
our final contest for the year 2019. At the end of the contest, we will
have a Winner, 1st runner up, 2nd runner up, 3rd runner up and consolation
prizes to contestants.

However, we think our efforts will go beyond expectations with you/ your
company as official cooperate sponsor.

In this role, your business will provide minimum donation of N36,500 -
$100, and in turn we will promote your company as the official sponsor in
banners, stickers, flyers, contest page, radio, supported blogs etc.
Alternatively, your team can provide product worth such amount as part of
sponsorship.

With you or your company by our side, we’re sure to achieve this season
contest, serve contestants and our readers well.

If you or your company is interested in being our official contest sponsor
or wish to create your own contest for your customers as year 2019 comes to
an end, please call or WhatsApp us at +2349050287348. We can’t wait to hear
from you!

For online support, use PayStack online payment gateway (Supported by CBN)
via https://www.bobojaytv.com/sponsorship to make payment. We will contact
you once we receive your payment. In cease you wish to send physical
products for support, you can ship to No. 98 Aurthur Eze Avenue (Sinai
Filling Station, Unizik Temporal Site) Awka, Anambra State Nigeria.

BANK NAME: GUARANTY TRUST
ACCOUNT NAME: BOBOJAY ENTERTAINMENT & TECHNOLOGY
NAIRA ACCOUNT NUMBER: 0255871038
DOLLAR ACCOUNT NUMBER: 0255871045

Sincerely,

Alfred Williams Chibuikem
Coordinator

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