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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: "DONALD OGBE" <donaldogbe1928@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: donaldogbe1932@yahoo.com.au
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:00:13 +0100
Subject: PLEASE YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

Hello Dear

PLEASE YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

Naturally , this letter will come to you as a surprise, since we have not
met, permit me however, I am MR DONALD OGBE , the manager, credit and
foreign bills of ORIENT BANK NIG PLC, i am contacting you and soliciting for
your assistance based on this proposition below, which will be of mutual
benefit to both parties.

I am writing in respect of Mr. Ramirez Sanchez, 66 years of age and a very
prosperous farmer and a business man made a huge bank deposit for investment
in the sum of US$5,500,000.= (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand USDollars),
he named his wife Mrs. Helga Sanchez as the NEXT OF KIN. Unfortunately, Mr.&
Mrs. Ramirez Sanchez were killed in earthquake that rocked El
Salvador,killing in 2001 thousands of people where killed and 1,200 others
were declared missing.

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of US$5,5 m, (five Million Five Hundred Thousand
USDollars which has been with my branch for a very long time. The bank
system stipulate that if such money remain with the bank for priod of 6years
it will be tranfered into the account of the bank.

In order to avoid this development since it has so far been impossible to
trace any of the deceased family relatives, I decided to seek for your
personal assistance to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased so
that the funds will be released to you by the bank and we can use it for our
mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern in this matter,if you
are willing to assit me ,you will be compensated adequately with (30%) of
the total sum, (60%) will be our share, while (10%) will be set aside to
cover any incidental expense made both at home and abroad prior to this
transaction.

If you are interested in assisting us with this matter, please, send to me
urgently via my email the following details below:

1 Your full name and complete contact address
2. Your Private telephone and fax number (urgent)
3. Your date of birth (Age

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for release of the
fund will be finalized within forteen banking days starting from the day i
receive the above informations from you

Kindly ensure to treat this matter in strict privacy and is highly
confidential

I look forward to your urgent Response. Cheers and god bless

Best Regard

Mr Donald Ogbe

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