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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: hellen maire <mairehellen8@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:47:09 +0100
Subject: TOP SECRET

Hi Sweet Heart

I am .Mrs China Uba, the Confidential Secretary to the Central Bank of
Nigeria Governor (CBN) I have urgent information that is vital to
you, if you promise that you will not betray me.

The information is about your outstanding payment with the Federal
government of Nigeria which you are supposed to receive through the
Apex Bank in the 2nd quarter 2019.

My boss and some of his colleagues in government are involved in your
transaction has conspired to divert your funds to another account, and
the strategy they employed is by demanding several charges from you,
so that you will feel be frustrated and abandon the fund, thereby it
will open an avenue for them to refer your fund as unclaimed and it
will be transferred to their coded account, you can see all your
effort and money you spent to receive this money but all your effort
is in vain.

Our President mandated Godwin Emefiele, new governor to release your
funds to you which he failed to do but he kept on with his fraudulent
activities . Note that this information I am reviewing to you is of
great risk on my part; I know that you will not forget my effort.

Please if you are not going to put me into trouble about this
information; do kindly contact me for further details on how to
proceed towards the successful remittance of your funds.

I look forward to hear from you.
Best regards,

Mrs China Uba

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