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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: "Dr.Reuben Abati" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <AdesuwaAbati77@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:44:24 -0400
Subject: Good business proposal

My Names is Mr. Adesuwa Abati, a cousin to Dr.Reuben Abati, Senior Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to Formal President Goodluck Jonathan GCFR, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I pray this letter meet you in good health, I was directed to contact you by Dr. Abati based on the confidentiality of this letter, as you may know, Goodluck Jonathan lost the March 28, 2015 presidential election to New President Muhammadu Buhari. Since Formal President Jonathan lost election to the opposition APC candidate General Buhari, there has been confusion everywhere as the outgoing administration is afraid that the New administration of President Buhari will probe all sectors of the economy including the controversial missing $20billion Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) fraud, which the Minister of Finance Dr (Mrs). Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke could not provide adequate answer to address the conflicting reports from various authorities.

As a result of this development, Dr. Abati, instructed me to seek your partnership in a confidential funds transaction, which Goodluck mandated him to transfer out of Nigeria, hence there is a possibility that the New administration of President Buhari will probe him, and should in case that happen, then part of the said funds will be used to pay attorney fees and other expenses, which may occur during the prosecution, while the rest amount will be invested into lucrative businesses in your country. The total of $250mln USD has been succesful moved and deposited with a security firm here in Accra Ghana by myself as the special agent therefore i seek your partnership and cooperation to move the funds out of the security firm.Consequently, you will be rewarded with 30% of the $250mln, while 5% will be set aside to cover all administrative expenses both parties will incur during the process.


I respectfully request That You treat the content of this letter as privileged and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this correspondence.If you are interested to partner with us in this urgent transaction, please kindly provide me with your mobile telephone number so that we can discuss more of this issue and move into action immediately.

Sincerely,

Mr.Adesuwa Abati
Special Agent
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