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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: "MRS. HAUWA UMAR RADDA YAR'DUA" <mrshauwaumar2014@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:56:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE WITH DUE RESPECT I ASK FOR YOUR HELP..


Good Day,

It is my pleasure to write you this mail as i know that you can be of help to me in regards to my present plight over my late Husband and former Head of State of Nigeria Alhaji Umaro Yardua. My name is Mrs.Hauwa Umar Radda Yar'dua second wife and the former First Lady of the Federation.

I will give you some hint about my late husband Umaru MusaYar'Adua was born on the (16 August 1951 & ndash; 5 May 2010) was the President of Nigeria and the 13th Head of State. He served asgovernor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May 2007. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidentialelection held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). In 2009, Yar’Adua left for Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for pericarditis.

He returned to Nigeria in 2010, where he died on 5 May. This is four years now my late husband died and i was surprise when i Was checking on our past files, and i found a deposit check of USD $72,4 Million that was deposited in one of our commercial bank Here, of which i have proceed in making inquiry about this fund and as God may have it, the Bank Manager confirms that the money was Deposited to there bank but he said that this money was deposited with my husband aid of which is not our family name and so therefore That he will not release this fund to me without involving the Federal Government over the money or i can only transfer this fund to Oversees without any problem. But the only problem now is that after my late husband dead, our Foreign account was frozen after the money where returned back to us.

I know this might be surprise for you and it is as well to me, but You are the only person that can help me to have this money transferred to you and you Take your share and send mine here. The only person i am telling this now is you and i believe you can help me get this money out from the Bank. The Bank Manager was the only one aware, because if such money is revealed, the money will be collected by the Federal Government since My Husband is late. So let me know what you have to say in this aspect.

Thanks
Mrs. Hauwa Umar Radda Yar'dua.



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