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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: okoro pamela <okoro_paml35@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: pamel_okoro@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:16:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: SO IMPORTANT


Dear,

I strongly believe that this mail must get at you by God's grace, as I do
not know you in person and not quite sure of your current Tel/Fax number for
me to be sure, but I know how I manage to get this mail address which I used
to communicate you.

However, I am sister Mrs. pamela okoro a born again Christian ,leader of the
center for all workers assembly gospel and working with the Nations Apex
Bank; Accounting unit/Telex Department Central Bank Of Nigeria.
My aim of writing is not to know you as I have no interest of knowing you
and would not like to know you unless if needs be. But I am telling you this
based on my believe as a Christian who does not like Evil or cheating and
would not like to be called for explanation as a result of this information
I am giving to you below.

As a Christian, I believe that any Man/Woman is my Brother/Sister according
to my believe as a Christian irrespective of where you must have come from
or worship because all of us are one in the Lord.This information is as
regards to your payment in Nigeria. Now as I am contacting you, payment is
going on to those that are aware of this information because this
information was not GAZZETED to the public awareness.
This exercise has started for sometime now but there are a lot of pranks
some corrupt officials in the central bank that diverted your funds to a
bank in Switzerland.

From the information, the secretary of probe panel and verification on
contract and next of kin matters and the chairman of the committee and some
other officials summed up with to divert your funds .This information as a
result of my recent departmental research and I called then to question but
they tried to bribe me, but I refused because I am a born again Christian.
I have to inform you that your funds interest at a tune of US$ 18million
(Eighteen Million Dollars) was transferred into a Swiss account provided by
a fake lawyer portrayed himself to be your lawyer.I must inform you that the
officers involved are always in communication with you , so you should STOP
talking with them and do not tell them that you are waiting for the transfer

Since we have an evidence at hand , hereby advised you to contact the
authorized C.B.N security and finance company in Accra Ghana whom are in
control of your payment and the approved lawyer attached to the security and
finance company in the name of MR JUSTICE NWACHUKWU his
Email address is : justicelaw_nwachukwu@yahoo.co.uk, feel
free and explain everything to him as your file was sent to him on the 4TH
January 2007 and when contacting the lawyer quote your file reference number
010-02006 he is the final stone that breaks the camels back.
My advice to you based on this information is that you should boldly contact
MR JUSTICE NWACHUKWU the lawyer at the security and finance company on his
Email address : justicelaw_nwachukwu@yahoo.co.uk He is the person in charge of all the legal clearances for this on-going payment exercise, write to him authoritatively
that he should assist you in making sure your fund is paid to you
immediately.

He might want to know how come you got his contact, you can tell him
anything (please, don't quote me) but insist that he should assist you in
making sure your payment is done, and for more clarification or to ensure
him that you really knows what you are saying quote the following Code No:
FGN/PMG/CBN-X342XTW2004 under category 'C' i.e. your code (please this
information is classified).

I believe that at the end of the day, he will ask you to forward your
payment information and Bank Co-ordinates to him for his processes as he
will direct you properly on how to follow up for your fund to be made to you
without further stress. If you contact him I will know because he must
contact my office for your information re-confirmation records. So go ahead
and call him now and don't be afraid of him or anybody as you are blessed,
any person apart from him is definitely a cheat
Remain Blessed in the Lord.

Sister pamela okoro


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