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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: "ALH SELEIMAN BARAU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gateway94@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 05:55:21 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION !!

ATTENTION !!

DEAR BENEFICIARY,

BASED ON THE NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRONOUNCEMENT ON FOREIGN / INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORLD BANK AND BRENTON WOOD AGREEMENT , IN ENSURING THAT ALL GENUINE BENEFICIARY'S AND CONTRACTORS ARE PROMPTLY PAID THEIR OVERDUE FUNDS THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO PARTNERSHIP WITH BRITISH CONSORTIUM IN WHAT IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DEBT BUY BACK SCHEME BY THIS SCHEME THE BRITISH CONSORTIUM HAS TAKEN OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY (CASH COW ) OF PAYING BACK 75% OF WHAT IS BEING OWED TO BENEFICIARY'S / CONTRACTORS WITHIN THE WEST AFRICAN REGION , IN LINE WITH THESE ALL FOREIGN DEBT ABOVE THE TUNE OF $25 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS WILL BE PAID IN TWO INSTALLMENT , THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF $15 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS IS TO BE PAID WITHIN THIS FINANCIAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR WHILE THE BALANCE WILL BE PAID IN A LATER INSTALLMENT , ON THE BASIS OF THIS WE DEMAND FROM YOU A LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE OF THIS MODE OF PAYMENT AND ALSO CONFIRM THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THE CHANGE OF ACCOUN
T FROM YOUR PREVIOUS ACCOUNT IN Y

YOUR URGENT ATTENTION AND CO-OPERATION WILL BE VERY MUCH REQUIRED TO ENABLE US EXPEDITE ACTION ON THE QUICK RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.

FOR SWIFT RESPONSE PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICER IN-CHARGE VIA THE BELOW STATED TEL/FAX OR EMAIL ADDRESS ( gateway94@yahoo.com ) FOR PROMPT ATTENTION .

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU WITH YOUR FILE SECURITY CODE NUMBER
WHICH IS ( DBB14 ) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHENEVER YOU ARE CONTACTING US.
BEST REGARDS,
YOURS FAITHFULLY

ALH SELEIMAN BARAU
DIRECTORS FOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS.
Email : gateway94@yahoo.com

CC: SENATE PRESIDENT
CC: ALL FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICES
CC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [CBN]
CC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION.

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