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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: John Odafe <agent.richardk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnodafe@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 03:17:31 -0700
Subject: Good Day

From: Mr. John Odafe
FMW&H Office Complex
Falomo, Lagos-Nigeria.


Dear Sir,

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE

I am Mr. John Odafe. I write to inform you of my desire to acquire an
estate or landed properties in your country on behalf of the Director
of Contract and Finance Allocations of the Federal Ministry of Works
and Housing (FMW&H). Hence our desire to have you as our overseas
agent.

The deal in brief is that, our investment capital of US$5Million(Five
Million US Dollars), which we intend to carry out our proposed
investments in your country will be transferred into your nominated
bank account before we can put the fund into use in your country.
Your share after the transaction shall be 20% of the total sum after
the transaction if you agree to be our overseas agent.

If you are interested in this deal, kindly send me your complete information as
stated below, so that we can get started with the transfer process.

1. Full Name...
2. Country...
3. Contact Address...
4. Telephone Number...
5. Marital Status...
6. Occupation...
7. Age...
8. Sex...
9. Bank Details:

The above information will enable us write letters of claim and job
description respectively. This way we will use your name or company's
name to apply for payments into your bank account. Please note that
you will receive your payment via Swift Wire Transfer [Bank-To-Bank
Transfer] to your Account. I shall feed you with further modalities as
soon as I hear from you.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal
through my direct telephone number +2348155919332 or email me through
my private address: johnodafe@hotmail.com

Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. John Odafe
Tel: +(234) 8155919332
Email: johnodafe@hotmail.com

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