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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: henryubah@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 18:49:00 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Urgent=20Assistance?=

Office of the Finance minister,
P.M.B 1062,
Lagos.

(CONFIDENTIAL LETTER)

Dear Sir,
I write to introduce a fund transfer transaction to
you.Though, we have not met, I came across your name
while browsing through the internet.

My Name is Mr Henry Ubah, personal assistant (P.A) to
Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwala, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria. Recently,a large sum of money was recovered by the present democratic
government from the estate of the former military dictator, General Sanni
Abacha who died in 1998.This money was stashed in various accounts abroad,especially
in Luxemburg, Switzerland.

After recovering this money, it was discovered that
the money had already accrued interest payments to the
tune of over US$20 Million. Now, this money is not
part of the money recovered.And no one knows about it,
but me and a few trusted aides.

I intend to transfer this money abroad, to be invested or held by you on
trust. This transaction is risk free and can be completed within ten working
days.

Reply this mail so that we can decide on how to proceed from here.


Regards,

Mr.Henry Ubah.

[Personal Assistant to the Minister.]










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