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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: Victor Udom <vic.udom01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: vic_udom001@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:09:41 +0100
Subject: HELLO

Dear sir / Maddam


I am really very sorry for the embarrassment of intruding into your
privacy especially as we have not had previous correspondences before
this mail.

I am Mr. Victor Udom and a secret Agent to Mrs. Mariam Abacha, wife of
Late Gen. Sanni Abacha, ex-military Head of State (Federal Republic of
Nigeria) who died of heart problem while still in active service on
the 8th of June 1998..

I am contacting you in view of the fact that we will be of great
assistance to each other especially in the area of developing a
cordial business relationship and also because of my need to deal with
persons with whom we have not had any dealings with before due to the
privacy and confidentiality the business I need your assistance
demands.

Since the death of her husband, She have been subjected to all sorts
of harassments, intimidations and inhumane treatments, with negative
reports emanating from the government and the press regarding her
husband's past military regime and her eldest son Mohammed who has
been held by this same government and released although some months
back is being asked to refund $1.2 billion dollars. Most of our
trusted Associates betrayed them because of Ministerial Jobs and
Appointments.

She currently have within her reach the sum $130,000,000.00 (one
hundred and thirty million us dollars cash.) we intend to use for
investment purposes like real estate development,bonded securities as
well as some other viable business ventures abroad that she can be
introduced to if they arises.

After our Government had seized virtually all their assets, this money
came as my last hope, a payback contract deal between her late husband
and a Russian Firm relating to our country’s multi-billion dollar
Ajaokuta Steel Plant.

The Russian partners returned her husbands benevolence and kindness to
them by sending her late husbands share of this stated amount after
his death, they carefully lodged it into a security vault of a
security firm in Erope in accordance to her instructions as the next
of kin to her late husband.

The good thing about this arrangement is that no record ever existed
concerning the money traceable by the government because there is no
documentation showing that she received this money from the Russian
business partners and also it has no illegal association with no body
here in Nigeria.

Even the security firm where the funds were deposited does not know
the contents to be money as they carefully instructed the Director of
the Russian firm to make the deposit and declare the consignment to
contain just FAMILY VALUABLES FOR THE ABACHA FAMILY MEANT FOR A
FOREIGN BUSINESS ASSOCIATE.

Due to the situation in the country concerning government attitude
towards her family and her assets, it has become quite impossible for
us to make use of the money within and outside our country without
raising eyebrows, that is why she needs an assistance as a neutral
individual and a foreigner to help her arrange for the investment and
handling of this said funds.

I will need you to contact me strictly by this private confidential
email address so that we can talk about this and plan about the
possible claim and transfer of the consignment into your name as my
family foreign business partner who will claim the consignment.

As soon a I receive a word from you, I will give you further proof of
the deposit details so that we can know how to move further for the
claim.

You can make further confirmations to this through this reference:

(Front page BBC World news of 12th august & 4th Sept 2000)

You can check it through their contact websites:

http://www.fraudaid.com/scamspeak/nigerian/abacha/sanibbc.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1935646.stm

http://punchng.com/abacha-loot-saved-spent-or-stolen/


The last transfer of Twenty one Million United States Dollars
(US$21,000,000) she made into a friend's foreign account in Europe,
after the successful transfer, her friend denied her because of her
restricted movement within and outside Nigeria.

This is the main point why we needed your help. she have lost so much
trying to make transfers through some of her husband’s associates who
at last failed us and disappeared into thin air, this you can confirm
further through the magazine clip I attached along with this mail.
This fund is considered as the main source of her family's future
hope.


I hereby use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost
indulgence and keep this matter extra ordinarily confidential.

Remember to include your direct private email, telephone, fax and cell
phone for easy communication pls.



I wait patiently for your response.

Yours truly,

Victor Udom

C/O Dr. (Mrs.) Mariam Abacha

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