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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo (Jnr)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chubawilberforceokadigbo@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 04:50:20 -0500
Subject: RESPONSE
Hello
My name is Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo (Jnr) the son of the late
controversial politician/president of the senate, federal Republic of
Nigeria. Nine years after the questionable death of my father Dr.
Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo (Snr) I deem it fit to seek your assistance
to move/invest my inherited fund overseas now that the political dusts
have settled completely and all matters relating his questionable
demise rested.
There's been several litigation against the federal government about
his death by our legal team over the years but I have decided to rest
all that now and move forward to have the fund invested outside the
shores of this country.
If you are interested to assist in the securing/investment of the
fund, kindly indicate your desire/interest by responding to this mail.
I will give you further information/clarification when I hear from
you.
If you can not do this, kindly ignore this mail.
Sincerely,
Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo (Jnr)
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