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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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Fraud email example:

From: Usman Waziri <usmanwaziri0012@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 01:40:23 -0700
Subject: I will appreciate your esteemed response.

Dear friend,

My sincere and esteemed compliments to you! I am very sorry to invade
your privacy.I got your contact information from the international
directory few weeks ago before deciding to contact you on this
proposal I want to make.It will be of immense mutual benefit to
us.Please bear with me as I crave for your understanding of me in this
regard If it may interest you to know much about it,please you can
mail me back.I am sorry again for the inconvenience this my email may
cause you.


My name is Mr......., a banker with one of the banks in Lagos,
Nigeria.This is the proposal I want to make to you as I informed you
above. On the 6th of June,2018, a Zimbabwean farmer/businessman made a
(Fixed) deposited of fund for twelve calendar months,valued at
$9,320,000.00 (Nine million,three hundred and twenty thousand United
States Dollars-five) in my branch.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply. After a month,I sent a reminder and finally
discovered from his co-farmer who previously had an account also with
my bank that he had died during the land crisis in Zimbabwe.On further
investigations,I found out that he did not leave a WILL at the time of
the account opening and deposit and all attempts to trace his next of
kin has been fruitless.


However,investigations were made it was discovered that he did not
declare any next of kin in all his official documents,including his
Bank Deposit paperwork.This sum of US$9,320,000.00 is still in the
bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year. No one will or has ever came forward for claims.

As some aspects of the Nigerian financial laws stipulate, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years,the money will revert to the ownership of
the Nigerian Government {STATE} if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner,stand
in as his next of kin and we claim it for mutual benefits for us and
that the fund does not get into the hands of some corrupt officials
who may want to divert it to their private accounts when the know more
about it and share among themselves.

I will intimate you with the requirements that the attorney will need
to prepare the necessary documents and affidavits,which will put you
in place as the next of kin upon your positive response.We shall
engage the services of an attorney that will
be responsible for drafting,notarization of the WILL/Testament and
obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in
your favor for the transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world,which you will provide, will
be used to facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin to the depositor. The money will be paid into
your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for
you, There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this claims will
be arranged and by my position as the Regional manager will guarantee
successful execution.

Upon your positive response from you,I shall let you know
more about and the details of my bank.I will also provide you with more details
and relevant documents that will put you in a clearer picture of this claim.

Please the under mentioned information will be appreciated if you are
interested but if you are not please, do forget about forwarding the
information.

(1) Full Names:
(2) Residential Address:
(3) Current Phone Number:
(4) Age:
(5) Country of Residence:
(6) Occupation:
(7)Identity(any type)

I will appreciate if you reply through this my private email:
privateemail0012@citromail.hu for confidential reasons.

Yours faithfully,
Usman Waziri.

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