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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: " BARRISTER GREGORY OMRI AMAGWU " <neil.carroll@rafmuseum.org>
Reply-To: infofile955@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 01:39:07 +0300
Subject: RE:URGENT INVESTMENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

BARRISTER GREGORY OMRI AMAGWU CHAMBERS.
NO.29, RANDUL AVENUE,TOPEA,IKATEA,
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC.

ATTN: PARTNER

MY NAME IS BARRISTER GREGORY OMRI AMAGWU, I AM A PRIVATE ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A CLIENT WHO IS INTERESTED IN INVESTING SUM GOOD MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY.MY CLIENT IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND PROMINENT PERSON WHO HAS MANDATED ME TO CONTACT YOU FOR A VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION. MY CLIENT IS BY NAME MRS. LORA GARUBA DEMOLA AND SHE IS THE WIFE OF A LATE FORMER VICE HEAD OF STATE IN MY COUNTRY COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC.

HER HUSBAND FORMER LATE VICE PRESIDENT GARUBA DEMOLA MADE A LOT OF MONEY THROUGH OIL PROCEEDS DURING HIS TENURE IN OFFICE. INTACT, IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER HIS DEATH THAT HE WAS WORTH WELL OVER $1.5 BILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND SOME OF THIS MONEY WAS RETRIEVED AFTER HE DIED WHILE SOME WAS RECOVERED FROM OFFICIALS THAT SERVED UNDER HIM DURING HIS REIGN AS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC THE TRUTH OF THIS CASE IS THAT MY CLIENT DESPITE THE PROBLEM SHE IS GOING THROUGH NOW, SHE STILL HAS A LOT OF MONEY IN HER POSSESSION.WHICH SHE INTENDS TO INVEST OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY.

WHAT MY CLIENT NEEDS FROM YOU NOW IS A RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHERE SHE CAN TRANSFER SOME MONEY BUT MIND YOU, ALL THE MONEY IN HER POSSESSION CAN NOT LEAVE AT ONCE BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN SOMEONE WHO WOULD NOT EXPOSE HER PLAN TO REMIT AND POSSIBLY INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.

SO SHE HAS AGREED THAT I SHOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF $35.5 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND YOU ARE FREE TO NEGOTIATE YOUR MODE OF COMPENSATION EVEN AS SHE INTENDS TO INVEST THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY. PLEASE, DO NOT HESITATE TO INDICATE YOUR VIEW OF THIS REQUEST BY CONTACTING ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL, SO THAT THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR THE MONEY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

DUE TO THE PRESENT SITUATION OF MY CLIENT, I WOULD BE HAPPY IF THIS REQUEST CAN BE KEPT A SECRET. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. I HOPE MY CLIENT WOULD BE HAPPY INVESTING WITH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.DO PROVIDE ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING MY CLIENT INVEST THIS INVESTMENT FUND $35,500,000.00 (THIRTY -FIVE MILLION –FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS).

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CELL PHONE NO:
HOME PHONE NO:
AGE:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:

PLEASE KINDLY SEND DOWN YOUR REPLY THROUGH MY PERSONAL
E-MAIL:

THANKS,
YOURS SINCERELY.
BARRISTER GREGORY OMRI AMAGWU.

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