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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: Donatus Onyeukwu <donatusonyeukwu1@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: donatus.onyeukwu@yahoo.co.th
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:46:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Waiting For Your Urgent Respond


Dear,

I Am Dr Donatus Onyeukwu, The Bill And Exchange Manager of Union Togolaise Banque(UTB) Lome-Togo West Africa ,In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$6.200.000. (Six Million two Hundred thousand Dollar)In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family in July 2000 in a plane crash.,send me your contact information.1.Age..(2)Residential adress(3) occupation(4)private telephone, for more dateils:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm, Get back to this Email Address:(donatus.onyeukwu@yahoo.co.th).

Unione Togolaise De Banque(UTB)
Boulevard Du 13 Janvier BP:359
LOME-TOGO West Africa
Tel: +228-013-8841
Our Ref: UTB/TG/L-22T-9/10/2009
 
Thanks,
Dr.Donatus Onyeukwu.




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