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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: Umar Yar Adua <umaryaadua@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:13:51 +0100
Subject: Hello how are you


DEAR,

MY NAME IS MR. UMAR YAR ADUA IN CITIZEN OF NIGERIA NORTHERN PART I AM
INTERESTED TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH THE SUM OF $ 12.5million AND
THE MONEY BELONGS TO MY LATE FATHER YAR ADUA.

HERE IN NIGERIA THE ECONOMY IS NOT ENCOURAGING HOWEVER I WILL LIKE YOU
TELL ME HOW IS YOUR COUNTRY ECONOMY AND WHAT CAN WE INVEST THIS MONEY
INTO IN YOUR COUNTRY.

FURTHERMORE THIS FUNDS WILL BE SPLIT, 20% WILL BE PUT OUT FROM THE TOTAL
FUNDS FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT COMES IN LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL WHILE 50% OF
THE FUNDS SHALL BE USED FOR INVESTMENT THEN 20% FOR YOU THE REMAINING
10% WILL BE KEPT FOR ME UNTIL I
ARRIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED GET BACK TO ME THROUGH THIS
EMAIL: umaryaadua@dr.com

BEST REGARDS

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