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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: DAYO ABIOLA <dayoabiola@walla.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:10:32 -0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED

Dear Sir/Madam,

This mail was first sent to you two months ago via post mail but uptill today,I have not heard from
you.Based on this,I decided to reach you through this means though I know fully well that this is not the
best and safest means to reach you for security reasons but was left with no other viable option since
there's this urgent need to reach you.

Firstly,I would want to assure you that this mail is no junk,spam,ilusion nor mere imagination.I appeal to
you for the inconveniences this may cause you by going through an unsolicited mail,but I assure you that
you will be satisfied after given me your due attention by carefully and attentively going through this.I
know that we have not met before nor known to each other but never to worry as I will explain better.

For clarity sake,I am Mr Oludayo Abiola, 22 years old and a third year micro biology student of the Federal
University of Lagos.I am one of the sons of late Chief M.K.O Abiola who won the 1993 presidential
elections as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Firstly,before I go further to unfold my main objective of contacting you,I would advice that you visit this
site maybe you can from here have an insight of my family background and my personality.I am fully
aware of the numerous scam mails my fellow country men has been bombarding through the net looking
for some one to defraud.I am telling you that I am from a respectable family and will not for any reason
engage myself in any indecent act that will ruin the image of my family.

I am going to throw more lights on the family,my mothers assasination by the gun men from the military
junta Late Gen Sani Abacha,The killing of my father through poison by some Americans and United
Nations representatives who came in the name of reconciling my father and the Military government.This
includes the much celebrated Koffi Anan of the United Nations Organisation.

Please,kindly stop here and go through this websites,atleast it will help to enrich and broaden your
knowledge on what has happened to my family:

The annullement of june 12th 1993 Presidential elections:

www.ngex.com/personalities/voices/politics.htm

www.vanguardngr.com/articles/ 2002/politics/p525072004.html

allafrica.com/stories/200407120112.html

www.ainfos.ca/A-Infos97/3/0497.html

www.thisdayonline.com/archive/ 2001/03/24/20010324cov04.html

www.stormfront.org/archive/t-13985

My mothers assasination:

www.amnesty.it/news/1996/14401096.html

www.motherlandnigeria.com/women

www.h-net.org/~africa/obituaries/msabiola.html

www.cohdn.ca/news2/tribute1-3.html

www.africaaction.org/docs96/nig9606.htm

www.africaaction.org/docs97/nig9711.htm

www.fraudaid.com/ScamSpeak/ Nigerian/abacha/sanionlinenewshour.htm

My fathers death:

www.africamasterweb.com/BanjoOnTaylor.html

www.nigeriancp.net/arijo.html

allafrica.com/stories/200108080221.html

www.nigeriavillagesquare1.com/Sanusi.htm

I believe that the above sites has given you a wider perspective of how I lost my parents.My father was
known to be a polygamist,my own mother was the second wife.Since the death of my father,things are
no longer the same within the entire household.My elder brother who is the son of the first wife has taken
allmost everything under the pretence that we are still in school.promising to establish us as soon as we
graduates.

Going through my mothers document,I stumbled on a document which proved that my father had a
deposit of $15 Million U.S.A dollars (fifteen million united states of america dollars) with a security
company abroad.

I have made contact to the security company and was told that I could come for the claims so long as I
have the certificate of deposit or That I can send a representative but should equip him with the
certificate of deposit and a power of attoerney.

Based on this that I am mailing you seeking your consent to assist me go for the claims of this fund
deposited with the security company since I am still in school. I am going to send to you all the
documents given to my father by this security company on the day of the deposit.

I am willing to offer you 25% of the total sum on completion of the clearing excercise from the security
company,I maped out 5% for refund of expences incured in the cause of this transaction,knowing fully
well that this deposit must have by now accumulated some demurrages.

The balance of 70% will be kept for me,or should be invested and managed by you untill I graduates.I
appeal to you,to understand that despite the fact that we dont know each other,I am puting this trust on
you,based on the recommmendations I got while making my own private consultations and investigations
on a reliable person or firm to entrust this fund into his care.

Please,I beg you in the name of god,not to sit on this money when finally released to you by the security
company.I am doing this because,I dont want my elder brothers to have the knowledge of this fund.

If this proposition interest you,and you really want to assist me,kindly forward the following information to
me:

(1) yourn complete names starting with your surname first

(2) your private phone numbers including mobile

(3) your private fax number

(4) your present contact address.

You should understand that these information requested will enable my lawyer to prepare the power of
attorney in your favour and as well enhance communication.

I strongly advice that you treat this with utmost secrecy and absolute confidentiality,You are permited to
make further enquiries on this issue,you can as well contact the Nigerian High Commission or Embassy
nearer to you for comfirmation if you are not satisfied with your findings on the giving sites but please dont
for any reason disclose the subject matter to anybody for security reasons.

Endeavour to send further correspondences through my secured private email
address:dayoabiola@netscape.net

I am looking forward to hearing from you and at the same time thanking you for your kind
assistance/anticipated cooperation.

Best regards
Dayo Abiola

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