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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: peter okeke <peterokeke200@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 01:48:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: VERY URGENTLY!!!



DEAR RORY,



YOUR MAIL SENT TO ME WAS NOTED AND ALL THE CONTENTS WERE WELL UNDERSTOOD BY ME.INFACT REGARDS TO WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR RELY,I WOULD LIKELY CALL YOU ON YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER GIVING TO ME.PLEASE I WOULD WANT YOU TO ALWAYS TO KEEP YOUR PHONE ON SO THAT YOU MAY BE EXPECTING MY CALL AT ANY TIME FROM NOW ONWARDS.



I STILL RESEND MY TELEHONE NUMBER TO YOU,SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME AND I BELIEVE WE CAN FINALISE ON THIS ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.



HOW WAS YOUR TRIP OR JOURNEY TO SAUDI ARABIA?



COULD YOU PLEASE FORWARD AS I HAVE TOLD YOU THE FOLLOWINGS:



(1) YOUR FULL NAME.

(2) YOUR BANK PARTICULARS.

(3) YOUR FULL ADDRESS TO WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE REMMITTED OR TRANSFERED INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.



THANKS FOR COMPLY.



PETER OKEKE.




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