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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: From Aisha Dasuki <aisha.dasuki28@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:18:37 +0000
Subject: Dear Sir:for urgent investment
Dear Sir,
Sir,i am Aisha Dasuki,from Nigeria.My husband is retired colonel Sambo Dasuki,fomer security adviser to the immediate past president of Nigeria.Please i am writing to you for your assistance because of the present condition of my family in Nigeria.My husband have been detained by the present government for the past 10 months for alleged mismanagement of arms fund which was entrusted to his office in the past administration.All my husbands bank accounts have been freeze by the anti corruption agency(EFCC)and my husbands international passport is seized by the government .But there is fund that my husband deposited in a security company in Spain before he was arrested and now my husband, have instructed me to seek for a honest person who will go to Spain and claim the fund over there and use it to invest in a lucrative establishment for the future of my family.Because right now no one can predict the fate of my husband.Please Sir.i want you to help my family to secure this fund to avoid the government from discovering the fund.My husband said i should tell you that you will have %30 of the total fund of ($67.5m)if you accept to go to Spain and claim the fund from the security company.Please Sir kindly reply me as you receive this message to declare your interest or not.
Regards
Aisha Dasuki
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