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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: "Rev. Williams Oparah" <rev_oparah333@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:23:23 +0000
Subject: FROM Rev. Williams Oparah

Dear friend,

TOP SECRET

I know this may come as surprise and sceptic to you.I am one of the
committee for Imo State air port contract award on installation of Air Field
Lighting System in Owerri Airport, Imo State, at a cost of $1.5 million
(N280 million), Nigeria. We had a contract with Denmark through the Nigerian
chamber of commerce and industry, which was signed on the 4th of November,
2004
The project has been executed, you can check on the

website.http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/01/06/20020106sta03.html

But, the main issue of contacting you is to intimate you that during the
award of this contract, a few of my colleagues and l including the Aviation
Minister Mrs Kema Chikwe, had inflated the amount of this contract and the
OVER- INVOICED is being safeguarded under our custody.
However, we have decided to transfer this sum of money, $2.5million USA
Dollars out of this
Country for disbursement. Hence, we seek for a reliable, honest and not
greedy foreign partner
whom we shall use his or her account to transferring the fund. And we agreed
that the account
owner shall benefit 30% of the total amount of money, 65% is for us here,
and 5% will be used for
miscellaneous expenses during the transfer.If you are capable to handle the
transaction without hitches and flaws, then we have confidence in the deal,
and a risk free transfer from our side. Please, make it TOP SECRET and avoid
every channel of implicating us here thereby endanger our career. Therefore,
if you will not be able to handle it, please hold on your peace for our sake
we are public servants.

I pray to God for his providence for a smooth transfer, so that our retiring
soon or later will
be a better and blissful retirement life, as such we are very cautious
towards actualising this
noble venture. It can also be a once in life opportunity for you, because l
know that we going to
see face-face, preferably come down to Nigeria and verify on my claim on the
said amount of
money in the bank. Besides, to discuss business and investment in your
country at large, and
thereafter sit together to decide on the means of transferring.
If this picks your interest, please do contact me immediately through this
email address for more
details and for easier communication.
Please, time is no longer on our side.

Best regards,

Rev. Williams Oparah

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