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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: Dr Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar <abdullahimukhta@live.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:40:15 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/$US350, 000.00 BENEFICIARIES.

ATTN:

SCAMMED VICTIM/$US350, 000.00 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 08813 $US350, 000.00


This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated by the president
of the federal republic of Nigeria President Umaru Musa Yar\'Adua and
the Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department
heads) to pay 100 - 419 scam victims $US350, 000.00 each and
incidentally, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of
the scammed victims. You are advised to get back to this office as
soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $US350, 000.00
compensations grant.

On these faithful recommendations we want you to know that this deal
came at a summit of G20 countries in London, United Kingdom, where
Leaders of the world\'s largest economies met and reached an agreement
on plans to beat the economic slump and tackle the global financial
crisis with measures worth US$1 Trillion (£681bn GBP).

During the meetings, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the
world\'s largest economies in the meetings on the loss of funds by
various foreigners to the scams artists and syndicates operating all
over the world today.

In other to retain the good image of the country, the President and
the Cabinet deemed it fit to reimburse 100 victims of this operators
$US350,000.00 each, due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems
in Nigeria, These payments are to be paid by the CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA. As corresponding paying bank under foundling assistance of
the Federal ministry of finance

According to the number of applicants at hand, 78 beneficiaries has
been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and we still
have more 22 left to be paid the compensations of $US350,000.00 each.

As earlier mentioned, your particulars were mentioned by one of the
syndicates who was arrested in London as one of their victims, so you
are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to
him/them for any reason whatsoever, the US secret service is already
on trace of the criminals.

For more vital information, you are advised to contact the payment
compensations coordinator in charge of your payment schedule/release
immediately.

Name: Dr Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar
Email: abdullahimukhta@live.co.uk
Tel: +234-81-390-83-007.


You can receive your compensations payments via any of the options you
may choose; DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS or ATM CARD for more info
contact the payment compensations coordinator.

Yours faithfully,

Hajia Sarah Musa
Federal Ministry of Finance
For
The President








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