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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: Julie Ovo <julieovo63@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: julieovo@sify.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:02:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Private mail for you.


Dear Friend,
I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest
person.
Am Julie Ovo by name ,my late father used to be a gold merchant, he married
my mother and were together for 26yrs without a male child, so he subdued
to pressure from his family to remarry, so that he could have a male child
who shall be heir apparent, in the process he re-married two other women
whom both later had male children for him, so after the demise of my
father, we were thrown out and left without nothing to suffer in abject
penury, until my late father youngest siblings who is presently a retired
teacher whom i and my mother now reside with came in contact with my late
father's Attorney who informed us that my father knew that should anything
happen to him, we are going to suffer terribly and as a result of that made
arrangements for our betterness and welness by depositing some large sum of
money with a security and finance company overseas and name me his eldest
daughter next of kin and that the money can only be accessed until I
provide a reliable foreigner who has no link with sub-Saharan Africa who
shall assist us claim this money , deposit same and assist us to re-locate
overseas and to manage and oversee my investing wisely, according to the
Attorney, he said my father added these clause just to protect us, so that
should any of his relation know about this funds, they can never be able to
claim it.
All I require from you is to competely partner with me to claim this money,
that way I would have fulfilled the clause added by my late father by
finding someone reliable, a foreigner who has no link with sub-Saharan
Africa.
And as a demonstration of my straight forwardness, I can be reach at the
following number +233 264824202 though it belongs to my Pastor John Kofi
but you can get me on it anytime should you need further clarification on
this matter, and for easy and more effectively communication, i request
that you include your direct phone number and residential address when
responding to this mail.
  
Though my fears is that, i don't know if you will be honest and reliable?
Because there is a saying which say" money is the root of all evil and this
is why i have prayed ernestly for God to direct me to someone who has an
human feelings to do this transaction with. So,if i may asked, can i really
count on you?
I shall expect to hear from you soon
Yours sincerely,
Julie
 
 
 
 
 




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