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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: "okafor" <okaforemma@centrum.cz>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:14:09 +0200
Subject: MY ADVISE


Dear Sir,






I am Honourable Barrister Emmanuel Okafor, the personal attorney to the President Federal Republic of Nigeria,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.





I have specifically been mandated by His Excellency to source for a foreign business partner for a joint business venture.





His Excellency would be vacating the seat of power come may 2007 and therefore,he has a certain amount of USD$300,000.000.00 (Three hundred million dollars) which he wants to invest overseas with a reliable foreign partners,hence I am contacting you.





As a matter of fact,I have already told Mr.President that I knew some one in oversea, a business mogul whom I trusted and believed that could handle these arrangement successfully. Though, His excellency is looking at the area of setting up a private oil refinery or Real Estate,but that does not mean that any other viable and lucrative business is a bad idea.





If you are interested and capable of handling this arrangement please, kindly write and indicate your capability and furnish me with your present line of business with some proves and or the kind of business you think we should invest on.





Let me also know your country of origin and your proposed country of the said investment. More details would be given to you upon my receipt of your urgent response.





Please send your response only to this email address as stated here : emmaokafor@walla.com





Sincerely,




Hon.Barrister Emmanuel Okafor.



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