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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mohammedabba47@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mohammedabba47@yahoo.com" <mohammedabba47@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 05:21:39 +0900
Subject: Your Attention Is Needed

Your Attention is Needed,

I am Alhaji Mohammed Abba-Aji ,Special Adviser to President Umaru Musa Yar묨dua on National Assembly Matters, i am contacting you to assist me in this transaction which will be of great benefit to both of us,as i am talking to you now,the president has been out of the country for over 60 day,he has been in Saudi Arabia for treatment of his heart and liver problems,and recently he just arrived the country,but still very sick.

President Musa Yar묨dua had been admitted to a hospital in Saudi Arabia almost 3 months ago,after he complained of heart problems,when i was with him at the hospital,i was informed that his liver has been damaged too,before he left the country,some contract was awarded to me and was also executed, so the money left is what i want to move out of the country now that the president is down with sivckness.

To cut the long story short,i need your assistance because after my visit to Saudi hospital,the acting president(Good luck Jonathan)has banned all of us that is very close to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from going out of the country for his selfish reasons,so i was able to move the money to a nearby country(Ghana) i deposited 25.8 million US dollars in a certain security company,i only need your assistance to lift the money down to your country,i know that very soon the president will be dead and gone forever,then i will move down to your country for the money.

I am going to offer you %40 of this money,and we are going to use a diplomatic agent to lift the money because that kind of money can not be transfer,the bank will suspect it.here in Nigeria i can only make a call but can not be allow to do anything or send money out,that is why i need you to assist me.

Please indicate your interest and respond to me so that we can start.contact me on my private email address mohammedabba47@yahoo.com.

Regards,

Alhaji Mohammed Abba-Aji.

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