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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: "Eng.Victor Ogunta" <oguvic202@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: vo5070@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:26:41 +0100
Subject: WE CAN EXECUTE THIS TRANSFER PERFECTLY

Hello,

I am Mr.Victor Ogunta, a computer scientist in C.B.N.just started
work with C.B.N. as a computer scientist . I came across your file
which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to
study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and
certificate but the fund has not been release to you. The most annoying
thing is that they cannot tell you the truth that on no account will they
ever release the fund to you; instead they let you spend more money
unnecessarily.

I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this
fund to you if you can certify me of my security, and how I can run away
from this Nigeria if I do this, because if I don't run away from this
country after i made the transfer, I will be seriously in trouble and my
life will be in danger.

Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria; you may not understand it
because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing I will need to release this
fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HD GBP1. You will buy two of it,
recopy your information, destroy the previous one, and punch the computer
to reflect in your bank within 24 banking hours. I will clean up the
tracer and destroy your file, after which I will run away from Nigeria to
meet with you.

If you are interested, do get in touch with me immediately on my E-MAIL:
ov5051@yahoo.cn you should send to me your tel/fax numbers for easy
communications and also re-confirm your banking details, so that there
won't be any mistake.

Have in mind that with the help of this Transfer software the transfer
will perfectly be taken place without causing any problem to the account
in which you will provide for the fund transfer.


Regards,
Mr.Vicotor Ogunta



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