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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Kayode Naiyeju." <kayodenaiyeju773@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kayode_naiyeju02@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 20:24:41 -0700
Subject: FUND TRANSFER


OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO-ROCK VILLA, GARKI ABUJA, FCT





ATTENTION :
RE:REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $15,000,000.00 INTO
YOUR PRIVATE /COMPANIES ACCOUNT


I approach you most honourably today for a mutual
business
transaction. I am Dr. Kayode Naiyeju, the Accountant
-General of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I have been given
the opportunity
to be appointed the Accountant-General after several
years of active
service.

Now by virtue of my present office and position, it is
an
opportunity for me to have a share of the huge oil
money which many
top military personnel of the past regimes had used my
predecessors
in the past to achieve their personal interest without
any benefit
towards them.

Following this development, I now have an accord with
a top officer
of the Finance Ministry to remit the sum of US $15,
000,000.00
(Fifteen Million United State Dollars) to your
nominated
account, hence we as Civil Servants do not have the
right to
acquire foreign account while in service. I therefore
request you
to kindly allocate any account of your choice with all
necessary
particulars to enable me to forward it to the Central
Bank of
Nigeria for onward release of fund transfer approvals
in your
favour, we have ten working days to conclude this deal
on
commencement, and I shall join you at the account base
for sharing
and further discussion on my investment plan in your
country.

We shall negotiate your percentage share on reply of
this mail for
your anticipated contribution in making this
transaction a success.
Do not hesitate to comment where you do not
understand.

ON SECURITY:
To ensure maximum security all correspondences shall
be by E-mail
and strictly confidential.

Please protect my position in my country by keeping
everything secret until funds in question leave our foreign
reserve account.
Finally I assure you of a 100% thorough, risk free,
and hitch free
transaction.

CONFIRM YOUR INTERET BY IMMEDIATE RESPONSE BY SENDIND ME AN
EMAIL .


YOURS FAITHFULLY



DR KAYODE NAIYEJU




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