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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: "Mr. James Mark Obinna" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesmarkobi890@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 08:51:41 -0800
Subject: Get back to me


Dear,

My name is Mr. James Mark Obinna a Computer Scientist Central Bank of
Nigeria. I am 29 years old, I just started work with C.B.N. and I came
across your payment 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 to receive your payment but the
fund has not been release to you. The most annoying thing is that they
cannot tell you the truths that on no account will they ever release
this fund to you; instead they let you spend money unnecessarily.



I do not intend to work in this ministry all the days of my life as I
can release the fund to you if you certify me of my security, and how
I can run away from this Nigeria if I do this, because if after doing
this and did not run away from this country, 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
which we call (250 GIG MONEY MATERIAL HARD DISK). I will buy two of
it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, and punch the
computer to enable fund reflect into your bank account within 24
banking hours. Upon confirmation of the HARD DISK I will clean up
tracer and destroy your file, after which I will run away from Nigeria
to meet with you. If you have read and satisfy with my information, do
get back to me immediately with your full details,


Endeavor to send your convenient private telephone number for easy
communications.

You can call me at +234-817-0301-367
Contact Email:jamesobioffice@googlemail.com

Regards

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