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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: "HON. MR.BUKOLA SARAKI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bukolasaraki_president@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:07:11 +0200
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION !!!!

 
OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RECONCILIATION & RESOLUTION PAYMENT PANEL ABUJA - NIGERIA.
OUR REF: NASS/FGN-OX-17.
DATE: 18 / 07 / 2017.
ATTN:
 
SIR,
 
 
 
I, HON. MR.BUKOLA SARAKI, THE  SENATE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HAS DEEMED IT VERY IMPORTANT, NECESSARY AND FIT TO NOTIFY YOU THAT, ONE MR JOHN MARQUES OF FRANCE THROUGH AN ACCREDITED ATTORNEY CHAMBER HERE IN NIGERIA, HAS SUBMITED AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION LETTER FOR YOUR FUNDS CLAIMS ON YOUR BEHALF, STRESSING THAT YOU ARE DEAD AND HAS BEEN BURRIED SINCE LAST YEAR OCTOBER, 2016.
 
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND BEING THE SENATE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMICS AND FOREIGN DEBTS RECONCILIATION & RESOLUTION PAYMENT MATTERS, I HAVE PERFECTLY BEAMED MY INVESTIGATIONS SEARCH LIGHT NETWORKS TO FIND OUT THAT, ACTUALLY, YOUR FUNDS PAYMENT VALUED THE SUM OF $148 M ONLY ORIGINATED FROM THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION OFFICE(NNPC) HERE IN THIS COUNTRY( NIGERIA) VIA CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN) AND MUST BE RELEASED TO YOU AS THE BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY DIRECTLY AFTER RECIEVING OUR DUE VITAL CONFIRMATIONS URGENTLY FROM YOU PERSONALLY THAT, YOU ARE STILL ALIVE AND NOT DEAD AS APPLIED TO THE SENATE OFFICE BY MR JOHN MARQUES OF FRANCE VIA AN ATTORNEY LAW FIRM IN THIS COUNTRY SIR.
 
BASED ON THIS AND TO AVOID ANY FORM OF LITIGATIONS THAT MIGHT COME FROM YOU IN THE NEAREST FUTURE FOR RECKLESS APPROVAL OF FUNDS PAYMENT TO A WRONG BENEFICIARY AGAINST  THIS OFFICE, AS THE BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY OF THE SAID FUNDS,THIS OFFICE HAS DECIDED TO EMAIL YOU DIRECTLY AND EXPECT AN URGENT RESPONCE FROM YOU IN CONFIRMATION OF THE APPLICATION LETTER SUBMITTED TO THIS OFFICE BY MR JOHN MARQUES ATTORNEY, BARRISTER TERRY BRUCE AS THE SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA(SAN,ESQ) WHETHER HE IS RIGHT OR WRONG SIR.
 
PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT, YOUR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION WITHIN 4 OFFICIAL WORKING DAYS,THIS OFFICE WILL ASSUME THAT REALLY, YOU ARE DEAD AND WILL ORDER IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TO MR JOHN MARQUES ON YOUR BEHALF AND AT THE SAME TIME ISSUE OUT EVERY NECESSARY CLEARANCE DOCCUMENTATIONS THAT IS NEEDED OF YOUR FUNDS PAYMENT TO MR JOHN MARQUES ON YOUR BEHALF SINCE WE, THE FEDERAL HOUSE OF SENATE HAVE INSTANTLY STOPED THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN) FROM BEING SOUL RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FUNDS PAYMENT AND HAVE ORDERED THAT EVERY DOCUMENTATIONS OF YOUR FUNDS PAYMENT BE SHIFTED AND SUBMITED TO THE UPPER HOUSE OF SENATE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
 
FURTHERMORE,THIS OFFICE HAS STRICKLY WARNED THAT, YOU SHOULD STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOUR LOCAL PARTNERS HERE AND YOUR FORMER PAYING BANKERS ANYWAHERE IN THE WORLD BECAUSE, YOUR FUNDS IS RIGHT NOW IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSPENCE ACCOUNT WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, PENDING WHEN THIS OFFICE WILL ISSUE OUT INSTRUCTIONS TO RELEASE YOUR FUNDS VALUED THE SUM OF $148 M ONLY TO YOU AS THE DIRECT BONAFIDE BENEFICIARY OF THE SAID FUNDS NOW WITH THE ZENITH BANK PLC, AS SOON AS WE HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY .
 
PLEASE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY ON THE REQUESTED COMFIRMATIONS REQUIRED OF YOU SO THAT, THE UPPER HOUSE OF SENATE CHAIRMANED BY ME, WILL FASTEN UP YOUR FUNDS PAYMENT APPROVAL IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA PLC WITHOUT ANY KIND OF FEAR OR FAVOUR.
 
THANKS AND MY PROFOUND REGARDS TO YOU AND YOUR BELOVED FAMILY, BUT WILL NOT FAIL TO HUMBLY TENDER MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVINIENCES THIS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED YOU BOTH MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND OTHERWISE IN THE PAST SIR.
 
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
 
HON. MR.BUKOLA SARAKI.
SENATE PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN,SENATE COMMITTEE
ON ECONOMICS AND FOREIGN DEBTS RECONCILIATION
& RESOLUTION PAYMENT MATTERS.
DIRECT TEL NO: +2348037199790
PLS NOTE : COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE STRICTLY VIA EMAIL AS  WE HAVE MOUNTED OUR SECURITY SEARCH LIGHT NETWORKS TO MONITOR EVERY IN-COMING CALLS, SHOULD WE STILL FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH ALL THOSE IMPOSTORS THAT HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATING THE GOOD IMAGE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY, I SHALL INSTANTLY STOP/CANCEL YOUR FUNDS PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY THEREFORE,  NO PHONE CALLS/FAX TO ANY MEMBER OF THIS SENATE COMMITTEE TO AVOID IMPERSONATIONS BY SOME BAD PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT.

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