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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: Idris Mohammed <im5366930@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:39:21 +0100
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Friend,

I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got your
contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy person/Company, who
can stand confidently with me in this successful business arrangement.

Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to you. I am, the
Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in Nigeria.

Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored on my strong
desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation in this
transaction that would certainly boost the financial stand of both parties
involved when completed. As a matter of fact, we want to transfer to
overseas (US$152,000.000.00 USD) (One Hundred and Fifty-two million United
States Dollars) from the Oil company's operating Bank account here in
Africa.

I want you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an empty account can
serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till
the end of this important transaction, trusting in you and believing in God
that you will never let me down either now or in the near future.

In all honesty, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating
fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the bank in the
year 2000 and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, after
going through some old files in the records I discovered that the money in
the account was mapped out for the refurbishment of the Oil Company's
Machineries.

Meanwhile, Mr. Morris Thompson, the President of the Oil Company was the
only signatory to the account, but unfortunately he died after a brief
illness in the year 2000. And no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it, and the account has no other beneficiary. And my
investigation proved to me that Mr. Morris Thompson, until his death had
wanted to siphon that money into his personal account in New York hence he
did not disclose the operating devises of the account to the Board of
Trustees.

I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are a
foreigner because this money can only be approved to any foreigner who can
present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact that Mr. Morris Thompson
the owner of this account is a foreigner, and the money can only be
approved into a foreign bank account.

Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me, let's
make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of this money to
any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share percentage bases.
We will start the first transfer with Fifty Two Million USD [$52,000.000]
upon the successful actualization of the first transfer, without any
disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply for the payment of the
remaining amount, to your account. However, we shall sign a binding
agreement, to bind us together as partners in this regard.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate your
sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities already mapped
out for the hitch-free transfer of the money out of Africa here.

I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting you I
need your full co-operation to make this work adequately. Upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and Willing
to meet up with the instructions of the top bank official that is deeply
involved with me in this business, I shall commence actions immediately to
process the payment of the money in your favor as the beneficiary.

We shall obtain through the court of law here in Nigeria all documents that
will put you in place as the Next of Kin to Mr. Morris Thompson. All the
documents that will be obtained will make this transaction legal and the
documents also will be forwarded to the bank through the lawyer with an
application letter on your behalf asking them to effect the transfer of the
said amount to your account as the Next of Kin to Mr. Morris Thompson.

With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer
this money to any reliable foreign bank account which you can provide.

I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as possible.

Yours truly,

Mr. Idris Mohammed
Phone: +234-70-262-95566

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