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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: Dr uche nnamani <uch_01nnamani@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uche_20nnamani@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:38:27 +0400
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE


Dear friend,
I am mr uche nnamani son of the former governor of enugu state between =
may 29/5/1999 till may29/5/2007 under former president obansanjo =
administration,due to my father's disagreement while in office with the =
former president obasanjo due to his policies and tenure enlongation which =
obasanjo want to impose on nigerian which is unconstitutional,he vowed to =
deal with those that oppose him during that period even after his regime =
ended.
my father now is a serving senator of federal repulic of nigeria as of =
now but he is on detention on the allegation of abuse of office and money =
laundering during his tenure as a governor by the [EFCC] enconomic and =
financial crime commision that was constituted during president obasanjo's =
government or regime,my father's companies and bank accounts seized and =
frozen till the determination of the court final ruling just to suffer my dad =
and my family that is why we relocate to dubai now.
It is not only my father that is in detention now even other former =
governors that is opposing president obasanjo's policies and those that say =
no to extension of his tenure,the new government of the day is following =
obasanjo's order to punish innocent people who say no to him,even the =
[EFCC'S] arrest to some former governor's is selective.you can click =
www.sunnewsonline.com and see what iam telling you now and also to know what =
is happening in nigeria now,always open that website everyday by day to know =
the current happenings in nigeria.
so friend after having meeting with our bankers befor moving to dubai here =
they advice us to use the name and identity of a foreigner to stand as a =
beneficiaries to some of my father's secret accounts for easy transfer to any =
country of our choice to enable us invest with this money on houses,shares =
and so on .as the only son of my family iam pleading for your assistance to =
enable us get some of our remaining money from nigeria,this transaction is =
100% risk free because our bankers promise to destroy any documents that is =
related to the transfer after the money is transfered to any of our foreign =
partner or company.
the total amount in four different banks will amount to 75.2millon usd =
but in differrent banks,and i promise you in the name of GOD if you are =
sincere to me and my family that any transaction we made that 25% will be for =
you while my family will maintain 75%.after my prayers as a christain i =
decided to send this mail to you so please let it be confidential and secret =
to avoid putting us into more trouble.indicate interest by given me this =
details below.
YOUR FULL NAME
CONTACT ADDRESS
CELL PHONE/FAX NUMBER
OCCUPATION.
Thanks for your coperation,looking forward for your earliest reply
regards
Dr uche nnamani


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