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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: "Walid Youssef" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 10:39:07 +0100
Subject: From Walid Youssef

Sir,

I am Walid Youssef from Northern Nigeria, ABAH KYARI the former chief
of staff to President Mohammed Buhari of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF
NIGERIA, who died of corona virus 0n APRIL 17TH 2020 is my in-law,his
second wife is my immediate younger sister, who discovered this
document of a deposit of huge amount of money in a vault among her
late husband preserved documents in her domain.

This huge amount of money deposited with a Vault and Security Company
in Dubai, in the name of the family should be confidential for it not
to be sized by our FEDERAL GOVERNMENT or converted into GOVERNMENT
PURSE,hence the decision to use a foreign INVESTOR as the BENEFICIARY,
whose proficiency in his career is trust worthy.

Sir,I will like you to help us to secure this sum in your name or in
your companies name for investment best known to you.

The amount involved is NINETY POINT FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS,


The Company in Dubai will be disclosed to you with every other
document involved and memorandum of understanding (M.O.U) will be
signed between you and our lawyer on behalf of the family.Every other
information you need will be given to you and you can ask questions
for more clarification.


Expecting your immediately reply,

Best regards

Walid Youssef.

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