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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: "OKON" <mrsvivianselsman233@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 20:58:33 -0800
Subject: 24/01/2017..

My name is MR JAMES OKON, a cousin to Dr. Reuben Abati, Senior Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to
former President Goodluck Jonathan GCFR, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Your contact was given by a top government staff who knows your credibility and capacity.
I pray this letter meets you in good health. I was directed to contact you by Dr. Abati
confidentially through this medium, as you may know; former President Goodluck Jonathan lost the recently concluded
March 28, 2015 presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari. Since the loss of the election,there has been
probable fear everywhere as the ousted administration is faced with probe all sectors

of the economy including the controversial missing US$20billion from Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which the Minister of Finance Dr (Mrs.) Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke are believed not to provide adequate
answer to address the conflicting reports from various sources.

As a result of this development, Dr. Abati, instructed me to seek your partnership in a confidential funds
transaction, which former President Jonathan mandated him to transfer out of Nigeria, under the fear that the current
administration of President Buhari who took over power on May 29, 2015 might probe his regime, and should that happen,
which may occur during such processs, while the rest amount will be invested into lucrative businesses in your country.

As a compensation for your effort and support to this, you will be rewarded with a 30% of the whole sum of $250 million, while 5% will be set aside to cover all administrative expenses both parties will incur during this process including the legal fees. All modalities has been arranged.

If you are interested to handle this deal, please kindly provide me with your mobile telephone number, full
name and address so that we can discuss more of this issue and move into action immediately. Thank you.

MR. JAMES OKON

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