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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: Goldens Gate Mgt Plc <ahmoru22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Goldens Gate Mgt Plc <ahmoru21@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:58:00 +0000
Subject: Partnership



--
Dr. Ahmed Moru
Suite 35-38 , Sanusi Fafunwa Cresent
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
P.M.B 10013. Nigeria.




For your Kind attention.

I am Ahmed Moru, a personal assistance to a high profile official of
the Nigeria government, who served the government in various capacities.
During his time in office as the head of our Apex Bank, he managed to
complete several transactions for the Nigerian National Petroleum
Co-operation (NNPC) before his untimely and unexpected dismissal in
office by the Present Government for political reasons.

Presenting you with this proposition as directed by my principle; we
have a profiling amount in excess of US$43,525,000.00 from the sale of
crude oil, which I seek your partnership in accommodating for me and my
principle who has instructed me to make contact with you having obtained
your satisfactory & reliable information from our chamber of commerce.
You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for your partnership.
All material data’s shall be made known to you on hearing back from you.

The documents of the above mentioned funds in question was handed over
to me to enable me broker and secure a foreign partner that will be
presented for payment as the beneficiary of fund, since the original
contract was carried out by an oil servicing and transportation company
from your country.

Already the funds has been processed through ABBEY NATIONAL TREASURY
SERVICES PLC UK, which is a registered financial offshore payment
facility of the NNPC via the approvals of our Central Bank , hence we
have all required details to complete the release of funds, where the
final crediting is expected to be carried out to you upon application.
You shall be guided accordingly throughout this process; hence you can
rest assured of smooth completion within 14 working days.

Looking forward to hearing from you on receipt of this important and
confidential letter confirming your interest and willingness to
facilitate the release of the funds, as we expect this to be completed
within 7 working days to enable us have limited funds for the
forthcoming presidential election coming up on the 14th Feb, 2015.

Thank you very much for your time and kind attention in this matter.

Best Regards,

Dr. Ahmed Moru
Head Operations
Goldens Gate Management Plc
Suite 35-38 , Sanusi Fafunwa Cresent
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
P.M.B 10013. Nigeria.
Email: ahmoru@goldensgamp.com

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