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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: ahmed abacha <ahmed_abacha205@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 04:39:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN.


AHMED ABACHA.
ABACHA COURT,
11 GIDADO CRISCENT,
KANO STATE, NIGERIA.
PHONE:234-8023-872935
FAX:234-1-7594318

Sir/Madam,

Compliments of the season!
I am Ahmed Abacha, the Second son of the late General Sanni Abacha, Nigeria's former Military Head of State who died on the 8th of June, 1998 of Cardiac Arrest. Since the death of my Father both the immediate, past and incumbent Government of my Country, Nigeria, have been persecuting my family. The present Government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo have set up investigation panel to confisticate all the belongings
of my late father.
The Government have directed all the Banks in my Country to freeze the accounts
belonging to my family and our numerous Business concerns of my Mother and Uncles have also been closed down and my immediate elder brother has been arrested by the Nigerian
Government, while all our foreign Bank Accounts have been freezed aided by a publication in the FINANCIAL TIMES OF LONDON OF FRIDAY 23RD JULY, 1999, though my Father is not
the only past Official accused of having money in foreign Banks.
I am therefore using this medium to solicit for your assistance. Your Business profile and name were given to me in confidence by the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (Foreign Trade Division). The information regarding the viability of your Business concern gingered me into soliciting for your help.
Now, since the present Government of my Country is hell-bent on prosecuting, disgracing the good name and image of my entire family and possibly doing more damages
to our financial base, I am therefore desirous of handling over the remains of my Father's Money,US$20 Million (Thirty-six Million United States Dollars Only) which is
presently SAFELY and SECRETLY kept in CODED CASH in a Security Company outside my Country to evade confiscation by the Nigerian Government or its Agents.
Please, if you are interested in helping my family move this money into your Private or Company Account, kindly inform me through my E-mail addresses above. After the
movement of this huge sum of money out of its secret place into your Country, I plan to give you 35% of the total sum and 15% would be set aside to take care of all incidental
expenses, while 20% will be plunged into your Business concern as shares or for high profile investment purposes in your Country. Then, the rest 30% shall be used to settle my entire family who have reached advanced stage to emigrate abroad for political asylum. For your information,my dear grief stricken mother has the blessing of this
Business transaction. It is pertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely based on trust and I would also kindly appeal that you keep this proposed transaction with TOP SECRET.
If you are interested in this proposal, please for confidentialreasons,you must respond only to my private email ahmed_abacha@yahoo.com for more clarifications.
If however you are not interested, still let me know to enable me search for someone else to carry out this business with. I anticipate a timely response from you.
Thanks.
Allah's blessings.
With best regards,
Ahmed Abacha.







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