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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: "Law Office of Rufus Young" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rufusyounglawoffice@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 15:59:25 +0100
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM,REQUEST FOR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU

Dear Sir/Madam
 
I am Mr. Rufus Young  a British Lawyer  and I am contacting you on a very confidential issue which involves transfer of  a huge sum of money from a client account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been well taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction and to ease your apprehension; I am the Personal attorney to Mrs. Diezani  Allison Madueke ,Nigeria Former Minister of Petroleum who is presently on self exile in United Kingdom and under investigation by the British and Nigeria Government for offence of looting the Nigeria Government Treasury during the Previous Government of his Brother EX-President ,Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who was defeated during the 2015 Niger ia Presidential election by the&n
 
The truth is that my client  Mrs. Diezani  Allison Madueke,acquired so much wealth during her tenure as the Petroleum Minister through bribes from multinational oil companies and illegal sales of Nigeria Crude oil to foreign oil companies and foreign Government. She did all these with the believe that his brother been the then incumbent President will win the 2015 Presidential election and believe that her wealth which she acquired will be protected as most Africans do not believe that any incumbent leader will lose to opposition Presently the Nigeria Government through its Anti Corruption agency has seized properties and traceable sum of money in Billions of Dollars from my clients Mrs. Diezani  Allison Madueke and please check and read this web links for furthe r information:
I am contacting you through this medium because of the urgency it requires, my client Mrs. Diezani  Allison Madueke confided in me few days ago about her secret  deposit in the sum of US$18,231,000.00 which is in a Proxy Account Name in a commercial Bank in a country wish  I do not wish to name for security reasons
she has given me letter of attorney to source for a reliable foreign partner to whom this US$18,231,000.00 would be transferred to and this partner is to invest and manage this money until she is free from her ordeal with the Government of Nigeria and Britian.The payment is to be transferred to your account as her next of Kin /Inheritor and it is at no rick to you as all modalities has been worked out for a hitch free transaction. It is on this note I seek your permission to have you stand as the inheritor and receive this payment, as all documentations portraying you as the next of kin to Mrs. Diezani  Allison Madueke will be carefully worked out by me and note that one of the bank senior officer is assisting in this operation to make it hitch free and not traceable as all recor d will be destroyed as soon as th
(1.) Your Full Name, Address and copy of identification (passport or drivers license) this will be used to process the PAPER WORK portraying you as the next of kin.
(2). Direct Telephone/Fax for our personal Contacts.(3). Your Full Banking Coordinate where the funds will be transferred to.
I shall be compensating you with 25% of the total sum on final conclusion of this project for your assistance.
Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you by informing you of this transaction as I will advise you to kindly desist from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any assistance. Endeavor to respond via my secured email address: rufusyounglawoffice@gmail.com
 
Thanks and best regards,       
Barrister  Rufus Young
Woolwich, London U.K,  Tel  No:+447031962717

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