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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: edwin howard <edwinhoward25@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <edwinhoward20@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:10:51 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION GOOD FRIEND.






FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
PMB +234 1 7764791 LAGOS OFFICE.
NIGERIA.

Dear Friend,

My Name is Mr.Edwin Howard,Former Minister Federal Capital of Nigeria Abuja. I
was among the Twenty Federal and states Minister dropped last two
years,October,2013,by the President Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr Good luck
Ebele Jonathan.

My reason for contacting you now is burn out of the necessity to find a
reputable personality or company who will come in and stand to claim the sum of
Forty Eight Million United States Dollars,($48.000,000,000.00,)which i deposited
with a Foreign Federal Reserve Bank in Overseas.I want to put this money into a
profitable and moving investment and i want you to form a partnership with me in
this respect.

I will not claim this money now from the Federal Reserve Bank because of the
investigations going on in Nigeria about the Financial activities of Former
Ministers.These investigations will not allow me to travel out of the country to
go and claim this money hence the reason to contact you. What you have to do is
to claim the ownership of the money in the Bank by bearing you Own information.

(1)YOUR FULL NAME:
(2)YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:
(3)YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT:
(4)YOUR BANK NAME AND YOUR ACCOUNT NAME:
(5)YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER:
(6)YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS:
(7)YOUR PHONE NUMBER/FAX NUMBER:
(8)COMPANY NAME,POSITION AND ADDRESS.

The money was Deposited by me with a Foreigner's Name.This is what i want you to
do,and your percentage shall be 40% while 50% shall be mine.The remaining 10%
will be for expenses from both parties, you and myself.Get back to me
immediately if you are interested in this transaction.Further details shall be
forwarded to you later.
Thanks for your mutual co-operation,

Best Regards,
Mr.Edwin Howard,
Email:edwinhoward20@yahoo.fr

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