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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: united state embassy nig <amburn@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: donnamblair111@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:14:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CONSULAR GENERAL, UNITED STATE EMBASSY IN ABUJA,NIGERIA.





FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CONSULAR GENERAL, UNITED STATE EMBASSY IN ABUJA,NIGERIA. 
No 7, Mambilla Street
Off Aso Drive Maitama District,
Phone;+23470-327-393-98
Abuja  Nigeria.    
                                          
Attn;Beneficiary.
 
Greeting to you and your family, I am Mrs. Donna M. Blair the Consular general of the united state embassy in Nigeria .Do get back to this email I am sending to you in regards to the money you have lost, based on ongoing scam activities in Africa especially Nigeria , the US , UN, EU and AU has agreed with the federal government of Nigeria to combat this recent increase in fraud by the dubious citizens of the third world nations.
 
We have carried out Investigation to many Office departments in Nigeria , Ghana , Togo and other African countries in the World even office of the President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Office of the Honorable Minister of Finance, office of the Committee, Office of the Senators etc and we found out how our citizen has been duped. We reached an agreement with the bodies responsible of combating crime to help us resolves this menaces.
 
Also, Regarding to the different emails which you are receiving from people claiming to be Prof. Charles Soludo, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), or inform of fake checks, money order. Sir/Madam, we want you to stop any further communication with them. We are working very hard, with ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) in conjunction with FBI and with the NIGERIAN DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (NDLEA) to make sure we arrest all those criminals.
 
This is to inform you about our plan of many Office departments in Central bank, even office of the President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Office of the Honorable Minister of Finance, office of the Law markers, Office of the Senators to make sure that funds that amount $5. 700, 00, 00 million U.S dollars must gets to you as a Compensation through woman and man of God for security reasons and to avoid anything that will stop your funds from getting to you since this is a kind of compensation given to you because of all the funds you lost while transacting with the fraudsters. Here is my private email address as follows: (donnamblair111@gmail.com )
 
YOU’RE URGENT RESPONSE WITH THE INFORMATIONS AS STATED BELOW IS HIGHLY NEEDED.
 
Full name:   
Address:
Phone number:
Occupation:
Age:
 
Am looking forward to hearing from you.
 
Sincerely congratulations
 
Mrs. Donna M. Blair
the office of the Consular general, United States Embassy in Nigeria.

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