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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: "Mrs. Carolyn Mosoff" <admin@ninetycurve.com>
Reply-To: mrs.carolynmossof@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:01:24 +0700
Subject: Attn



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Attn:

I remain convinced that you will be surprised by this mail, but this
remains the utmost truth. I know that it is against my official duty to
release confidential issue like this to an outsider.There is nothing I
can do to help you beside this; I am taking this bold step because of my
belief as a Christian.


What I want to tell you is about your $30,000,000.00 Million USD fund
with the Federal Government of Nigeria, there are a lot forces working
against you right from the last CBN Governor Prof. Lamido Sanusi and the
current governor Goodwin Emefiele with other Top officials of all the
Commercial Banks here in Nigeria, they have been frustrating people by
demanding upfront payment from them constantly, If I tell you that they
are using all these money you sent to them to work against you,you might
not believe it. But it is a reality.


There is a way I can assist you get your fund without the top bank
officials knowing about this, it is risk but one have to take it, I have
assisted one woman from USA with it, it worked out though her fund was
US$15million. What you have to do is to open another bank account any
where, if you can open it in another place, it will be nice, but what
you have to bear in mind is that you have to re-transfer the fund to
another account immediately you confirmed it in your account, I know why
I want it this way.


Please kindly provide the required information below:


1) Full Name:
2) Full Address;
3) Your contact telephone
4) Your Age and Profession;
5) Copy of any valid form of your Identification;
6) Your Bank name;
7) Your Bank Address;
8) Account name and Number;
9) ABA/Routing Number;
10) Swift or Sort Code/IBAN;


If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get this mail, if
I make the transfer this week, it might be next three months that they
will find out and by then, you have re-transferred the fund into another
account. Get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that I will be
in better position to know what to do.


Best Regards
Mrs. Carolyn Mosoff
KTT Transfer Department

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