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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: MONEYGRAM TRANSFER <barrtonymadu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: allochu1@konin.lm.pl
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 04:58:41 -0700
Subject: YOUR FUND IS READY

FROM OFFICE OF MONEY GRAM.
NIGERIA REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455
IJUNDIA ROAD IJU LAGOS
WEB: www.moneygram.com
Contact Payment department;Dr.John Ubah.


After today's Federal Executive Cansul Meeting,The ministry of Finance has
approved that your fund of ONE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY
THOUSAND($1,240,000.00) which was initial approved that western union will
be paying to you $5000 us dollars on daily basis until your ($1,240,000.00)
is completed ,It has come to the notice of the newly appointed Minister
that western union department wanted to rip you off as a result of so much
fund they are demanding from you and some of their staff were into
fraudulent act

Federal Executive Consul Meeting (FEC) Has now ORDERED that your total fund
($1,240,000.00)will now be paid to you through MONEY GRAM,

Yes, we are aware that western union department requested about $300 us
dollars from you for them to use and re-activate your FILE which has been
dormant,Well,it has now been approved that you will only send the sum of $29
us dollars for the re-activation,The minister of finance was unhappy when
he come across your payment file,He ordered that instead of the initial
demand which was $300,He now ordered that you will pay only $29 us dollars
for the re-activation of your fund because he does not want your fund to
still be in the country without it been transferred,So I would like you to
act fast and send the $29 us dollars immediately after you receive this
email,Remember that this is the only way you will claim your Money without
any problem,

So you are been advise to send the re-activation fee of $29 us dollars to
this below information,I want to assure that once you send the fee
Today,You will start receiving your $5000 us dollars daily through Money
Gram by Tomorrow morning,


BELOW ARE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION TO USE AND SEND THE $29 US DOLLARS
OK,PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SPELL THE NAME CORRECTLY TO AVOID ANY DELAY

RECEIVER NAME....VICTOR MADUKO
CITY/COUNTRY.....LAGOS-REPUBLIC NIGERIA
QUESTION.........GOOD
ANSWER...........STEP
AMOUNT............$29



Thanks,
Dr.John Uba.
Director Foreign Remittance Department
MONEY GRAM
-------------------------------------------------------------
After the payment of $29 you will start receiving your $5,000 through Money
Gram every day until your total amount of funds $1,240,000.00 is fully paid
to you. Below is the Ref# numbers which we have already program for you to
use and pick up your payment,BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP UNTIL
WE RECEIVE THE PAYMENT INFORMATION OF THE FEE REQUIRED,ONCE WE PICK UP THE
FEE WE WILL ACTIVATE THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP
AT ANY MONEY GRAM OFFICE IN YOUR AREA.

Note; this is the only payment you are required to make in this regards for
every other fee have been waived by the Federal Ministry,Also,Don't expose
this numbers to anybody else reason,


YOUR PAYMENT OF $5,000.00 USD DETAILS


Senders :........... Michael Smith
REF#:...............577-648- 60
Amount: :...........$5000.00

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