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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: "Diezani Alison-Madueke" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmadamallison@yahoo.pt>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:38:44 -0700
Subject: From Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke.

Dear Sir/Ma,
 
My names are Diezani Alison-Madueke (Mrs), I was the petroleum minister under the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration, I was formally the minister for transportation from 26th July 2007 then moved to the ministries of mines and steels development in 2008 as minister, I was also appointed as the minister for petroleum. Presently, I have moved out of Nigeria to an unknown destination for security reasons and precautions from the new government in Nigeria.
 
Our former political party the PDP have lost the presidential seat to the opposition party and also we lost almost 60% of the senate seat. There have been so many rumors about me home and abroad from other political parties because of my financial capacity and also because I was the first female president of OPEC.
 
I am writing this short letter to person, persons or groups I can trust with some of my funds which I have with an investment company. The total amount I have with the investment company without return on investment or profit is seven hundred and eighteen million (700,018,000.00) USD. Am taking the funds out of the investment company because I received a top class information that the new government is planning to seize and clamp down on our conglomerate. So I have to work on this as fast as possible. I will only want someone trust worthy that has managed a lot of funds before and will prove to me that my money will be safe.
 
Please note: All messages should be forwarded to my private mail.  (mmadamallison@yahoo.pt).
Regards
Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke.
mmadamallison@yahoo.pt

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