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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: Tijjani Muhammad-Bande <contactinfo19646@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cinfo053@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 06:56:29 +0000
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,

--
Dear Sir

At the just concluded 74th United Nation General Assembly at the UN
Headquarters in New York which holds from September 25, 2019 to
October 1, 2019, the World Leaders severely frowned at corruption in
Africa Continent and President Donald Trump use the opportunity to
categorically inform African Leaders to curb corruption in Africa
Continent as a matter of urgency, which has caused foremost setbacks
in Africa Continent and to do everything humanly possible to
compensate all scammed victims globally who were ripped-off huge sums
of their hard earned money in their efforts to receive their rightful
investment/inheritance funds/payment entitlements by some unscrupulous
elements, fraudsters and some corrupt Government and Bank officials
with their connived other agencies and partners abroad.

Conversely, preliminary investigation/verification carried out have
yielded significant result hence the recipient of this message have
scaled the hurdle and stand 99.9% chance to receive the recommended
and approved USD5,000,000 (Five Million U.S. Dollars).

We therefore, implore you as a matter of urgency to contact us on
receipt of the message to enable us legally and legitimately approve
the payment of the USD5,000,000 (Five Million U.S. Dollars)
compensation fund in your name and onward release of same to you
within the time allotted of ten working days from the date of receipt
of your reply.

Please reconfirm:

1. Your full name:

2. Your full address:

3. Your working telephone numbers:

Meanwhile, we congratulate you for your patience over the years, while
your response to this message is very important.

We sincerely apologize for all the inconveniences you have gone
through in the hands of some scammer/fraudulent individual.

Thank you.

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande,

UN Representative of Africa Continent

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