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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Doris J. Udozie" <markchris02377@gmail.com>
Reply-To: doris.udozie@aol.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:00:17 +0100
Subject: Good Day,

I do not know much about you and how you will take this message but i
am doing this based on my Christian faith and what tomorrow will be. I
am Dr.( Mrs)Doris Udozie,the office assistant to the Central Bank
Governor (Mr.Godwin Emefiele).I am not telling you this to impress you
or to gain any favor from you, rather I am doing this to save you from
further damage and pains.I have done this to two people already,
though they betrayed me at the end.
Before I proceed,you must promise me that nobody will know of this and
after you are satisfied with my job,you can help me in whatever way
the spirit of God directs you.

This is very secret,I overheard Mr.Godwin Emefiele and other bank
executives here in Nigeria saying that they will make sure you spend
and pay much fees till you are tired and abandoned your UN/ World Bank
Approved compensation amount of $10,000,000.00 (Ten million United
States Dollars) for them to later divert to an already opened offshore
account in USA. Please do not pay anything to anyone again regarding
the release of your fund(ATM CARD) because none of these evil
perpetrators have your interest in heart. The President of Nigeria and
the members of his Federal Executive Council have since endorsed the
payment of this approved compensation fund to you and your account is
already activated which you can access at any time and your ATM card
programmed and ready to dispatch to you. It is just that some of our
bank executives are very greedy and they have created avenues to steal
your money even when they know that the situation is very critical. I
and another Christian colleague in the office have to help you out.

Now, we have perfectly pulled out the ATM card that contains your UN/
World Bank Compensation payment amount . We are ready to send it to
you immediately, PLEASE, our job is on the line. I am only 34 years
married with two kids (A Boy and A Girl) and I don't want to ruin my
future or die at this early age. I do not make calls on transactions
like this due to the sensitive nature of this transaction and my
position with the CBN. I will not deliver this ATM card to you if you
let anyone know of this.

If this arrangement is OK with you please reply now and we will send
the ATM card to you through DHL and all these horrendous and callous
treatment will stop and you will happily receive your fund to your
designated home address.

I shall attach my personal identifications to you as soon as I hear
from you positively.

Get back to me if you are interested so that we can proceed.

Regards.

Dr.( Mrs)Doris Udozie
Office assistant to the Central Bank Governor

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