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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: a_usman <a_usman@telstra.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:52:12 +0100
Subject: FROM CHAIRMAN OF SOCCA READ ON


From the Desk of USMAN ABBAS
Nigerian Football Association
Private Mmail Bag 222.
Lagos Nigeria
RESPOND ONLY TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL: usmansocca@fsmail.net OR abbassocca@fsmail.net

Attention: Friend,

I want you to understand me very well; I am the Chairman Nigeria Football Association Mr. Usman Abbas the parent body that organized just concluded 24th African Cup of Nation that was held in Tunis Tunisia. As the Chairman of the committee that carry out the preparation in order to participate in the concluded tournament thus, I was able to save the sum of $12MillionUSD as a result of over invoiced receipt I made during the execution of the contract with (FEDERAL MINISTRY OF SPORTS), Now I want you as a reliable foreigner to assist me in transferring the FUND to any of your offshore account. I have mapped out 25% of the total sum for you as your share. And I would want to invest my share in your country thus, suggest you give me a very good support on how to get this fund transfer to your nominated bank account and it is 100% risk free. I will now do the transfer of the $12million in your name as the beneficiary all I need to do is to MAKE THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP TO YOUR NAM
E. I would want you to understand that we are going to work as a team during the payment of all the charges to secure all the necessary documents concerning this contract fund from various government agencies here in Nigeria.
Presently the FUND is in THE PRIVATE ACCOUNT OF CENTRAL BANK and we are not allow to operate a foreign account that was most vital reason why I have decide to contact you for an assistance. Remember that I have mapped out 25% of the total money as your share.
Therefore send the following information of yours to me ASAP so that I can enlighten you more on the modalities of this transaction.

SEND THE REMAING INFORMATIONA OF YOURS TO ME:

1. YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
2. YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS
3 YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4. YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS
5. YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER
6. YOUR AGE
6. YOUR SWIFT CODE
8. FIRST PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT SEND IT BY
ATTACHEMENT

I wait your urgent response on the above ALTERNATIVE email address so that you may not come in contact with a wrong person (s). If you receive any call or e-mail from any other person concerning this particular transaction please notify me before you could respond to such person's correspondence. You should make all our transaction very confidential because I do not want to lose all I have suffered for 21 year of my active service in government.
More so I would want to invest my share in your company too if you can allow such good gesture. I will call you pending when you send your phone number and other data's of yours to me.

My best regards,

From the Desk of USMAN ABBAS
Nigerian Football Association
Private Mail Bag 222.
Lagos, Nigeria.









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