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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: "Sambo Dasuki" <info@fifaquiz2017.com>
Reply-To: dasukisambo52@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 16:52:00 -0400
Subject: WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW

Dear Sir,

I know my letter may come to you as a surprise because we have no
relationship either in the past or present. However, I got your contact
from Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Former governor to the Central Bank of
Nigeria) who is my cousin (now the Emir). He introduced you to me in
confidence and made me to understand that you are a nice person and will
be pleased to assist. He made me to understand how you have been deceived
by the unscrupulous Nigerian officials both in every sector, how they
lured you into accepting some contract funds, inheritance funds and so on
and so forth and how they did not allow him to reveal the truth to you
while he was in the office.

Well, let me introduce myself to you. My name is Sambo Dasuki, a retired
Nigerian Army Colonel and former National Security Adviser (NSA) to the
then President of Nigeria (Goodluck Ebele Jonathan). I was born on
December 2, 1954 in Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State in Nigeria to Late Alhaji
Ibrahim Dasuki, the 18th Sultan of Sokoto who just died few months ago
while I am in prison. I am the first son of the late sultan. You can
google for more information about me.

I had been arrested since 2015 by Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS)
accusing me of stealing TwO Billion US Dollars ($2bn) and awarding phantom
contracts to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets, and ammunition meant
for the Nigeria's military campaign against Boko Haram Islamist militants
and since then my family had been placed under house arrest and
surveillance while I have charged the Federal government and SSS to court
for assault and deformation of character..They keep adjoining the hearing.

Honestly, all these allegations are mere propaganda and witch hunting
which president Muhammadu Buhari and his party (APC) are bent on WITCH
HUNTING those who did not support his election. I am being witch hunted
because right from the Army, I had always tried my best to stop President
Buhari from leashing his evil plans to Nigerians and during the election,
I did not support him because I knew he has nothing good to offer
Nigerians except to accomplish his personal ambitions.

My aim of writing this letter to you is for us to assist each other. Stop
wasting your time and money pursuing the said contract funds, inheritance
or whatever, you will never get it because the cabals whose interest are
only to extort money from you will never tell you the truth. God knows
that you are innocent that's why he sent you to me and he knows am
innocent too that's why we are connecting to each other now. I have some
funds which i saved while in service. The amount is in US Dollars, well
saved outside Nigeria..will not disclose for security reasons until you
indicate your interest to assist me with all honesty. You are not spending
any money in helping me retrieve the funds, the only money you will spend
is the money to buy your ticket and to open a domicilliary account in that
country where the funds are resided and the domicilliary account is where
the funds will be lodged for transfer to your country.

You will be rewarded immensely if you help me to re-position the funds and
invest in your country until when I will need it for my election campaign
because I am interested to go into politics once I come out of prison and
I would want to contest for election in the year 2019, as the next
president of the federal republic of Nigeria and I know that I will win
because I have the ability and experience.

I am actually writing you from Kuje prisons. I will not be able to do
anything from here or communicate with you often. I will introduce you to
my eldest son when you reply so that you both can meet to make the
necessary arrangement on how to retrieve the funds.

Thanking you in earnest for your understanding and kind support.

Yours faithfully,

Alhaji Sambo Dasuki

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