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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: "Adedayo Agboluaje" <info@adedayoagboluaje.org>
Reply-To: mrphillipanderson5233@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:13:08 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOU

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from PARAGUAY. Presently I'm in PARAGUAY for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow. But for the fact that you have once participated in the past, I cannot just forget you since I have finally achieved this goal. In that case, I personally remembered all your efforts and co-operations in the past.

Now contact the bank in Nigeria and contact this information.
Name:Mr Phillip Anderson
Email Address: mrphillipanderson5233@gmail.com
Tel:+234-8118209205


Ask the bank to send you the total of (US$30, 500.000) Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only, which I kept to compensate you for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I really appreciated all your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with the bank and instruct them where to send the amount to you and the only fee you are sending to them is $17,500.

Detail him with the following information when replying to him.

1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which the new partner and I are having at hand at the total amount of US$2 billion, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the bank on your behalf to receive that money,so feel free to get in touch with them as soon as possible, and they will send the amount to you without any delay.

Note:That your said fund i compensated you with was kept in the bank in Nigeria and not that the only payment you are to send is $17,500 for the safe keeping of your fund to the bank and as soon as you contact my secretary he will direct you on how to contact them.Make sure you detail my secretary the above information.

Best regards,

Adedayo Agboluaje


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