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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: sen_adolphus_wabara23@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 01:38:57 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HONOURABLE?=


OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT HOUSE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX, ABUJA.
PHONE: 234-803-337-3613
FAX: 234-1-759-1191
E-mail: sen_adolphus_wabara1@yahoo.com

Date:
9TH MARCH , 2005

TRANSFER OF BUDGET FUND

I'M SENATE ADOLPHUS WABARA OF NATIONAL HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF NIGERIA .I WANT TO HAVE A SINCERE BUSINESS WITH YOU, WORTHLY PARTNERSHIP.

SINCE MARCH 15TH 2004 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE APPROVE THE BUDGET OF
2005. BUT DUE TO UNSTABLE ECONOMY THE BUDGET WAS CONCEALED AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS RE-APPROVE THE BUDGET AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN SEND TO CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), FINANCIAL ACCOUNT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
(FRN).

SO I WANT TO TRANSFER THE CONCEALED MONEY THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED TO A SAFE
ACCOUNT.THE AMOUNT TOTALS THE SUM OF TWELVE MILLION TWO HUNDERD AND SIXTY-FIVE
THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($12,265,000.00).

AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT AND WHEN THIS MONEY IS TRANSFER
TO YOUR ACCOUNT 30% WILL BE YOUR IN THIS TRANSACTION.AND THE REMAINING MONEY
WILL BE USE FOR AN INVESTMENT ,AS YOU WILL ASSIST ME IN LOOKING FOR A VERY
LUCRATIVE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY.

IMMEDIATELY THIS FAX GET TO YOU, I WANT YOU TO REPLY TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
FOR US TO START THIS TRANSACTION.THIS MY PRIVATE MAIL: SEN_ADOLPHUS_WABARA1@YAHOO.COM
OR CALL ME ON TELEPHONE NO:234-803-337-3613 YOUR URGENT AND FRUITFUL REPLY
WILL BE HIGHLY COMMENDED AND APPRECIATED.

BEST REGARDS

HONOURABLE ADOLPHUS WABARA
SENATE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.





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