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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: "MR. UMAR YAR ADUA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrumaryaradua@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:10:37 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY .


INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY



MY NAME IS MR. UMAR YAR ADUA, A CITIZEN OF NIGERIA NORTHERN PART, I AM INTERESTED TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH THE SUM OF $12,500,000.00, AND THE MONEY BELONGS TO MY LATE FATHER YAR ADUA, IN WHICH HERE IN NIGERIA THE ECONOMY IS NOT ENCOURAGING,

HOWEVER, I WILL LIKE YOU TELL ME HOW IS YOUR COUNTRY ECONOMY AND WHAT CAN WE INVEST THIS MONEY ON IN YOUR COUNTRY.
FURTHERMORE, THIS FUNDS WILL BE SPLIT, 20% WILL BE WIPE OUT FROM THE TOTAL FUNDS FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT COMES IN LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL, WHILE 50% ENCORE FOR INVESTMENT THEN 20% FOR YOU THE REMAINING 10% WILL BE KEPT FOR ME UNTIL I ARRIVE AT YOUR COUNTRY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED GET BACK TO ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL. mrumaryaradua@gmail.com

BEST REGARDS,

MR. UMAR YAR ADUA

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