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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: "Mr. Henry Osie Martins" <henrmatins1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:38:20 +0000
Subject: Waiting to hear from you

Dear Sir/Madam,

Forgive my indignation if this email letter comes to you as a surprise. My
name is Capt. Henry Martins Osie, an administrative officer with Financial
Intelligent Task Force Unit (FITFU) under Ecowas Ministry of Finance and
Economic Planning and Development.

I urgently need your full and unreserved cooperation for a business deal
bordering on claims and repatriation of fund. If you are interested to
carryout this deal please do not hesitate, write to me immediately so that I
would throw more light on this business deal. There is a time frame of
fourteen (14) days to successfully carryout this deal. It is legal and
harmless.

Please, this is highly personalized email message to you; I would appreciate
your immediate positive response to enable me to make decision.This is once
in a life opportunity!

Yours Faithfully
Capt. Henry Martins Osie

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