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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 Aruma Wugo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amconasset@e-mail.ua>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:19:44 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Friend ,
 
I am Dr Aruma Wugo. This is my first contact to you. This is about money transaction which I to entrust into your care. This money belongs to my boss who is the Project Engineer with the Nigerian Petroleum Products Marketing Company. This company is responsible for fixing the price of crude oil and the maintenance oil wells in Nigeria. The money I want to transfer to your account resulted from over-invoicing of crude oil sales. It is not possible to keep this money here for security reasons. The law here does not allow government officers to operate a foreign bank account. So my boss authorized me to search for any credible person we can transfer this money to his/her account outside Nigeria. This is why I seek your consent to receive this money into your account. The amount is US$15,750,000.00 (fifteen million seven hundred and fifty thousand us dollars).
 
This transaction will not last more than 21 working days. To secure the necessary legal clearances from government agencies here to back up the movement of this fund to you will be no problem because I am well connected in the system. So if you agree with me, send to me the following information about your bank account where this money will be transferred.
 
[a] your bank name and address of your bank,
[b] account number,
[c] name of account beneficiary,
[d] swift number,
[e] routing number,
 
At the end of this business you will take 25% of the US$15,750,000.00. 5% of the US$15,750,000.00 is mapped out to run the transaction from beginning to the end. My boss will take 20% from the remaining 70%. You will open a business with the remaining 50%. At the end of every business year, the profit will be shared between you and my boss. In your reply if there is any question or suggestion you want to make, please feel free to let me know.
 
Sir/Madam, with due respect to you, I want to deal only with a serious minded person as far as transaction is concerned. Therefore search your mind properly before accepting my proposal. Thank you.
 
Waiting for your reply ASAP . Call me on +234-70-57315339
 
yours,
Dr Aruma Wugo

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