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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: Patrick Ozougo <ste.bakken01@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:06:42 +0000
Subject: Contact My Secretary For Your Compensation Funds



--
Good Day,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from
India.Presently I'm in India for new investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts
and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how.

Now contact my new secretary in Benin Republic her name is Mrs. Rita
Henry on Email Address is: ( rita.henry@mail.com.tr ) ask her to send
you the total of $1.800.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for
all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciate your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get
in touched with my secretary Rita Henry and instruct her where to send
the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I=E2=80=99m v=
ery
busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new
partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with Rita Henry, she will send the amount to
you without any delay.

The Best Regards,
Mr Stephen Bakken

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