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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: "Henry Uchenwa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <huchenwa@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:02:47 +0100
Subject: SECRET FUND TRANSFER?

ATTN: MY DEAR BENEFICIARIES ,

SECRET FUND TRANSFER?

I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WILL TAKE THIS LETTER BUT I AM DOING THIS BASED ON MY CHRISTIAN FAITH AND WHAT TOMORROW WILL BE. I AM (MR) Henry Uchenwa ,THE OFFICE ASSISTANT TO THE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR I AM NOT TELLING YOU THIS TO IMPRESS YOU OR TO GAIN FAVOR FROM YOU, RATHER I AM DOING THIS TO SAVE YOU FROM FURTHER DAMAGE AND PAINS. I HAVE DONE THIS TO TWO PEOPLE ALREADY, THOUGH THEY BETRAYED ME AT THE END.

YOUR ACCOUNT THAT WAS BLOCK FROM THE OLD PRESIDENT DR GOOD LUCK E.JONATHAN BECAUSE THEY ARE USING SOME OF YOUR FUND TO GIVE OUT LOAN AND DO THEIR OWN BUSINESS EVERY MONTH THEY DO GET PROFIT FROM YOUR FUNDS. I LOOK AT THIS IT PAINS ME THAT IS REASON WHY I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU SECRET IF YOU LIKE CO-OPERATE WITH ME OR YOU FORGET IT I AM NOT BEGGING YOU. IF YOU CAN FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTION, I WILL OPEN ONLINE ACCOUNT AND LOADED YOUR FUNDS INTO THE DISKETTE SOFTWARE
THIS SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR FUND $10,MILLION DOLLARS WHICH WE ARE TRANSFERRING WITH YOUR HOME COMPUTER I.P NUMBER. I CAN NOT DO THE TRANSFER WITH NIGERIA IP THIS IS FOR SECURITY REASONS, IF I SHOULD DO IT WITH MY COUNTRY IP MY GOVERNMENT WILL FIND OUT AND WHICH I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW THIS.

BEFORE I PROCEED, YOU MUST PROMISE ME FIRST THAT NOBODY WILL KNOW OF THIS AND AFTER YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH MY JOB, YOU CAN HELP ME IN WHATEVER WAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT DIRECTS YOU. THIS IS VERY SECRET ,I OVERHEARD MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE PROFESSOR CHARLES SOLUDO SAYING THAT THEY WILL MAKE YOU SPEND AND PAY MUCH FEES TILL YOU ARE TIRED AND ABANDONED YOUR CONTRACT /INHERITANCE FUNDS FOR THEM TO LATER DIVERT TO AN ALREADY JOINT ACCOUNT USING PART OF IT DOING THERE OWN BUSINESS.

PLEASE DO NOT PAY ANYTHING TO THEM AGAIN REGARDING THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND BECAUSE THE NEW PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAVE ENDORSED ALL YOUR FUND CLEARANCE DOCUMENTS AND YOUR ACCOUNT IS ALREADY ACTIVATED WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS AT ANY TIME. IT IS JUST THAT SOME OF OUR BANK EXECUTIVES ARE VERY GREEDY AND THEY HAVE CREATED AVENUES TO STEAL YOUR MONEY EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THE SITUATION IS VERY CRITICAL.

MYSELF AND ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COLLEAGUE IN THE OFFICE CAN ASSIST YOU ONLY IF YOU CAN AGREE WITH OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANYBODY KNOW OF THIS AS THAT WILL LAND US INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE AND MAY EVEN TAKE OUR LIVES. IF YOU VENTURE TO PAY THAT MONEY THEY ARE DEMANDING FROM YOU AT THE MOMENT, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PAY UNTIL YOU ARE TIRED AND THEY WILL CONVERT THE MONEY TO THEIR OWN PRIVATE JOINT ACCOUNT IN PERU OR POSSIBLY KEEP IT IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE YIELDING INTEREST FOR THEM AS THEY USED IT FOR THEIR BUSINESS.

NOW WE HAVE PERFECTLY PULLED OUT THE COMPUTER CD DISKETTE GAZETTE THAT CONTAINS YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION WITH THE ACCESS CODE TRANSFER ONLINE ACCOUNT AND HOW YOU CAN LOG ON AND TRANSFER THE MONEY FROM YOUR CBN ACCOUNT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ONLINE THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER.

WE ARE READY TO SEND IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE PLEASE AND PLEASE OUR JOB IS ON THE LINE I AM ONLY 38 YEARS MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS ( A BOY AND A GIRL ) AND I DON'T WANT TO RUIN MY FUTURE OR DIE AT THIS EARLY AGE. I DO NOT MAKE CALLS AT WORKING TIME ON TRANSACTIONS LIKE THIS DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND MY POSITION WITH THE CBN EVERYTHING SHOULD BY EMAIL FOR NOW. NOTED THE TWO PEOPLES I HELPED LAST YEAR DID ACT ON MY INSTRUCTION KEEPING SECRET, BUT AT END OF THEY DO THEIR TRANSFER THEY DISAPPOINTED ME. I KNOW YOU WILL NOT DO THESAME THING. BECAUSE DOWNLOADED SOFTWARE I WILL TAKE CARE Of IT AND YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THE SHIPMENT FEE WHICH IS NOT MUCH.

IF THIS ARRANGEMENT IS OK BY YOU PLEASE REPLY NOW AND WE WILL SEND THE DISKETTE TO YOU THROUGH COURIER AND ALL THESE NONSENSE WILL STOP AND YOU WILL HAPPILY TRANSFER YOUR FUND ONLINE TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY YOURSELF WHICH I SHALL GIVE YOU MORE
DIRECTION BOOKLET HOW YOU LOGIN WITH THE CODE AND USER NAME AND PASSWORD THROUGH YOUR COMPUTER AND START TRANSFERRING YOUR MONEY WITH YOUR COMPUTER IS VERY EASY. OR IF YOU WANT ME TO COME AND DO IT BY MYSELF FINE OVER THEIR IN YOUR COUNTRY HOME, YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT NOT HERE IF I DO IT HERE THE NEW CBN GOVERNOR WILL KNOW.

I WOULDN'T MINE TO TAKE LEAVE FROM MY WORK AND MEET WITH YOU OVER IN YOUR COUNTRY DO THE TRANSFER WITH YOU, BUT IS AN EASY TRANSFER FOR YOU TO DO IT BY YOURSELF BECAUSE TRANSFER DIRECTION BOOKLET AND THE CODE WILL BE COMING WITH THE COURIER I WILL PACKAGE IT SECRETLY SO THAT MY AIRPORT CUSTOMS AGENT WILL NOT KNOW THE CONTENTS. I WILL DECLARE IT AS A GIFT FOR MY FRIEND BEING YOU.

NOTED DO CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION’S LIKE YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR I.D CARD. THIS WILL ENABLE ME PROCESSED TO OPEN THE ONLINE ACCOUNT LO-GIN DISKETTE SOFTWARE IN YOUR NAME. I WILL BUY THE DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE IN MY COST AND YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THE SHIPMENT FEEE WHICH IS NOT MUCH. RESPOND TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL
huchenwa@hotmail.com
THANKS,
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
(MR) Henry Uchenwa
(OFFICE ASSISTANT TO THE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR)
FOR CALL AND SMS ON +234 708 66 53 248

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