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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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Fraud email example:

From: Godson Ibru <anthonyukam@att.net>
Reply-To: godsonibru2010@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:55:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT PLS,




Dear Friend

Goodday!

Kindly forgive my invading your privacy with this email which I write as a result of the urgency involved in this business but first, let me introduce myself to you. My name is Godson Ibru, the first son of the embattled Managing Director/CEO of Oceanic Bank Plc in Nigeria (Mrs Cecilia Ibru) who is currently under detention by a court order in respect of the charges of corruption and abuse of office levelled against her by the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (E.F.C.C.).

Presently, my mother is being detained in one of the prisons custody on remand and so far the government has confiscated over $100 Million US Dollars from her various accounts and 27 buildings belonging to her both within and outside the country. This is not fair because my mother is not the only person involved in such deals but she is being so treated because she is a woman.

However, while we allow the prosecution to go on, I want to tell you my reason of contacting you. When I visited my mother last week in detention, she told me that there are forces that are working seriously against her and that they will stop at nothing to frustrate and destroy the future she has built for herself and the family. She then told me that there is a domiciliary account she has with United Bank For Africa (UBA) which the agency did not discover and that the account has $13.7M (USD), she then gave me the documents relating to it and asked me to get a foreign partner immediately to transfer the money out of the country to this foreigner's bank account. This is why I have contacted you.

I have the authority of my mother to offer you 30% of the money upon a successful transfer of the money into your account.

Please let me know as quickly as possible if you can handle this deal for us. My mother is most likely to go to jail but she wants me to take care of my siblings with whatever will be left after the transfer.

I await your response as soon as you can.

Regards,

Godson Ibru.

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