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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: "JUDE ISIAKA" <jude_isiaka7272@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jude_isiaka7272@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:04:37 -0430
Subject: FROM: FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.




FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
P.M.B. 14, Garki, Abuja
Mobile Tel:+234 7087949583
Dated This Day: 15/11/2013


CLAIM'S OF YOUR FUND VALUED US$6.5 MILLION BY SOME RE-PREVENTATIVES.


Good Day to you and your family as i bring to you greetings in the name of
the LORD.I do like to let you know that a power of attorney and an
Application Letter of Change of Ownership has been forwarded to my office
by MR. IBRAHIM MAL ALLA HAMMAD BIN HAMMAD AL SABRI a Citizen of
DUBAI,U.A.E,he claimed to be from you and and also stated that you sent
him to receive these fund on your behalf.I want you to know that your
Registered Previous Personal Details which is now in my Office was
forwarded to me by the Central Bank Governor and the Transfer Unit as
well.This man claimed to be the representative of your Family, and this
power of attorney stated that you have died, they brought an account to
replace your information and claimed your fund of $US6.5 Million which is
right now put on HOLD in an Online Account that was setup for these
gentleman and the fund is with the First National Bank Branch In Lagos
Nigeria,and its highly secured and protected by a high level security
which makes nobody to withdraw any money from the account until you or
your family members confirms that you are alive and also that these man is
not from you.


ACCOUNT WHERE THESE MAN(YOUR RE-PREVENTATIVES) CHOOSES TO MAKE ONLINE
TRANSFER:


BANK NAME:- STANDARD BANK OF DUBAI
NAME OF ACCOUNT: IBRAHIM MAL ALLA HAMMAD BIN HAMMAD AL SABRI
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2984-0008-660.
SWIFT CODE: BOPIPHMM.
AMOUNT FOR TRANSFER: US$6.5 MILLION.


Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you
suffered and died of a throat cancer.All you just have to do is for you to
confirm if you are really alive,because its sound furious that such kind
of a thing just happened ,I was Instructed to find out if it really
happens or not before the fund will be transferred to them.Please these
email demands urgent response as whoever do read these if its you or a
family Member or Friend who has access to your email address ,should
respond immediately.


You are therefore given 48hrs to confirm the truth in this information if
you are still alive by responding back immediately so that these office
can know what actions to be taken,because they are just insisting that we
ORDER out the transfer of which we are writing to you now on their absent
to confirm if you are still alive.Since no response from you all these
while on how you can get your fund released to you, we are now suspecting
that it might be true and funny that something strange might have happened
and that the story might be true, because the only evidence now is you or
your family members contacting these office now and confirming if these
people are from you,or else we will transfer the fund to them.


Kindly Provide the following details for immediate actions to be carried out:
1:Your full names:
2:Your Complete address:
3:Your age and sex:
4:Your Occupation:
5:Your Tel/fax:
6: Your I.D CARD/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.


Note: In case of any questions from you or your family members that reads
these email,call should be made direct to my office mobile number:+234 812
7273265.You or your family members should forward to me emails been
received from those IMPOSTERS for adequate investigations to be carried
out. You or your family members that reads these email should respond back
as i await immediate response.


Best regards,
JUDE ISIAKA
TEL:234 7087949583



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