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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.KENNETH YAKUBU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kennethyakubu47@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 17:42:04 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED

My Dear,


My name is Dr.Kenneth BitrusYakubu, the younger brother to Andrew Yakubu, the former group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)and the custodian Of Andrew Yakubu's Nine Million , Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars that was seized by the Federal government of Nigeria through the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

The federal high court in Kano, Nigeria has ruled that our family will forfeit the recovered money to the federal government of Nigeria. Because of the aftermath of the court order, our family has moved out of the remaining Twelve Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars of out of Nigeria. Wehave put all the necessary machineries in progress with the Diplomatic Agent who will arrive with the cash consignment at your destination. If you are interested and capable of handling this deal let us know so that we can make all the necessary arrangements to enable us complete this deal.

I look forward meeting you in person and doing good business with you and please treat as confidential.

Kindly contact me for more information


I wait your letter of intent to partner with me

Note: This is the YouTube link of the seized Andrew Yakubu's fund by our government: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNTzng4uwlw

Yours respectively,


Dr.Kenneth Yakubu

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