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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: "bukky blessing" <bukky_tbalogun1976@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:56:21 +0100
Subject: i need your help urgent


Dear sir,

I am very glad to write you this letter,how is your work
over there?Hope there is no problem?.If so glory be to God.

Sir i am a girl of 29 years , i have a problem within my
self here in nigeria which i know if you heard it you ll like to help me out
and it ll not be a problem for you at all.

Sir let me open for you because i don't want to hide
anything for you so that you can know how to help me.the problem is that,my
father is an Inspector General of Police in which is facing a trial with
federal government of nigeria during the prescence Government of President
Olusegegun Obasanjo regime .The economic and finance crime commision , was
detain in house of arrest before he was detained in the prison for
Embezzment of Nigerian Police fund , which they ve seen the money in his
bank account where he kept it.The economic finance crime
commissiom(EFCC),have dicoverd four banks in nigeria here and they met 4
billion dollars kept in his account now he was sentence for 6 month in
prison yard.

The investigation is still going on which i dont want these people to know
the other account, my father now called me on phone that i should find means
to transfer the money that he kept in my own account as a next kin out of
the country which i ve been doing that , because he told me that the money
he kept in my account belongs to me . Ive used the little connections i ve
to transfer this fund out of the country to EUROPE, sir i want u to stand
as my next of kin in europe, by doing so i will try to travel down to your
place,if there is any chance because every entire family was put into house
of arrest in which we have no access to travell out of the country for any
transaction before all neccessary investigation is being cleared,and the
President Olusegun Obasanjo instruct please help me out.

One fifty million dollars ($150,000,000)has been transferd to
the bank there in europe with the connection of other banks on diplomatic
transfer all the document for clearing the the fund is with me,let me hear
from you before i can send it to you.

Yours faithfully
Princess B. T. balogun

N.B
For further information about this fund get contact with the senior
advocate of nigeria he can tell you more better about the fund and the
document that back this fund up for the clearing.This is the
mail(barister_scottburassa2005@yahoo.com)You can get contact with him
through is mobile phone number2348053220393.


For more information about me if you need my picture i will send it to you
immediately you reply me back,also if you want to reply me back kindly reply
me on this personal mail which is (princessbukkytbalogun1976@yahoo.com)
because of a security season also if you come accross any mail that doesnt
have this code in a bracket (for me and you) it show that it doesnt come
from me and dont wellcome it,because this is the instruction given to me by
my lawyer.

Thanks.

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