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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: "Ms. Sarah Daniel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mssarahdaniel@citromail.hu>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:00:52 +0100
Subject:
[GSN Suspected Spam]
Ms. Sarah Daniel

From: Ms. Sarah Daniel
CBN, Abuja Nigeria
Email: mrssarah.daniel@yahoo.co.nz


Dear Friend,

This is my second mail to you. I am Ms Sarah Daniel a Clerk under the office of the Director on Foreign Payments Central Bank of Nigeria. I have worked as the Assistant to the Director and was demoted when they found out that I have never been in support of their deals, they wrote petition against me and I was moved to the Finance Ministry but now I am back to continue my good work which I believe in transparency to humanity.

Though I am now in a lower department and position, I still have access to transfer files. I have gone through your file and have found that you have completed all that is required of you to have your fund released into your account but the greed which exist in the lives of the Directors of the Foreign Payment, Central Bank of Nigeria, and other approved paying Banks here will not let them do what they are supposed to do. I am happy for the President we have in Nigeria today who is not like the former ones.

Because of their greed and amount involved, they would not let you know what to do to get your funds released to you.

The money you have spent in the past is nothing compared to what they make from your funds through International Trade in Stock and Exchange. They don't want to release your already approved payment so that they can use it to trade on the International Market and make their personal profits. Check how much they must have made with your payment since it was first approved for release to you.

This is one secret most of our foreign beneficiaries do not know. To be frank with you, if you had responded to my first email, you would have received this money before now. I know their secret which they believe no one else is aware of or will be intimidated to speak up.

I will tell you what you have to do as soon as I get your response to have your fund transferred to you with 48 hours.
This is what I was doing for some beneficiaries and the Directors suspected and had me moved to another Ministry. I have no interest in your money, my anger is that they use and dump us not because we want to share money with them but because they think we know nothing about their deals. Please assure me that no one will know about this and it will be secret until you have received the document and take them by surprise. I am so sorry for all you have gone through.

I am waiting for your response.

Regards,
Ms. Sarah Daniel

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