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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: "mr.udoh donald" <mrudohdonald@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:49:16 -0800
Subject: support me to complete my contract awarded to me

FROM:
MR.UDOH DONALD,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
U-DON NIGERIA LIMITED,
NO 15,BONNY STREET,
FCT,ABUJA,NIGERIA.
E-MAIL:mrudohdonald@yahoo.com
SIR,
I AM MR.UDOH DONALD,THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF U-DON NIGERIA LTD,I
AM THE SON OF HONOURABLE JUSTICE ETIM ERIC DONALD ,THE RESPECTED
JUSTICE OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA.I WAS AWARDED A
CONTRACT TO SUPPLY INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT TO THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
INDUSTRIES NIGERIA. AND NOW THE FUNDS WITH ME CANNOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT AND I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT,I WILL PAY YOU IF YOU HELP ME.
I WANT YOU TO SUPPORT ME FINANCIALLY TO COMPLETE THE SUPPLY OF
THE EQUIPMENT TO THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIES,SO
THAT MY FULL CONTRACT-FEE THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIES IS
OWING ME WILL BE PAID AND RELEASED TO ME FULLY AND I WILL PAY YOU
US$14.7MILLIOM (FOURTEEN POINT SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) FOR
ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING ME TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT . THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE CONTRACT IS US$2.5MILLION (TWO POINT FIVE MILLION UNTED STATES DOLLAR ,YOU MAY INFORM ME THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU WANT TO GIVE IN ORDER TO KNOW IF IT CAN COMPLETE THE CONTRACT.IF YOU'RE CAPABLE TO ASSIST ME.
KINDLY LET ME KNOW ,YOU'RE REQUIRED TO SEND ME YOUR FULL CONTACT
ADDRESS,TELEPHONE NUMBERS,BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND BANKERS ADDRESS WHERE I WILL LODGE IN YOUR US$14.7MILLION FOR YOU.I WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO INVEST WITH YOU IN A GOOD BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE OF GOOD BENEFIT FOR BOTH OF US YOU WILL BE MY GOOD FRIEND FOREVER .I EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU .
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.UDOH DONALD.


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