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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: "Muhammed Danjuma" <muhammeddanjuma@muhammeddanjuma.org>
Reply-To: muhammeddan9000@fastermail.com
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:46:25 +0000
Subject: THIS NEEDS URGENT RESPOND

Dear Friend,

Good day to you. My name is MUHAMMED DANJUMA the director of
treasury, (Central Bank of Nigeria) about to retire from Government
service. I got your contact from the computer department and
information from our chambers of commerce as a foreign contractor
when sourcing for a reputable contact Abroad whom we can execute
together a business of this magnitude requiring confidence and

absolute trust. May I respectfully invite your kind attention
to the above subject matter and to state that based on information
gathered from the relevant Federal Ministry of Trade, Commerce
and Tourism, we, intend to solicit your assistance in the execution
of a business transaction. It is our sincere conviction that

you will handle this transaction with absolute confidentiality,
maturity and utmost sense of purpose. My partner and I have
$24 M USD cash that we want to move out of Nigeria to your base
for investment in profitable busine The cash can be moved to your
base through diplomatic courier system.The cash $24 Million USD is in
2 boxes, the boxes will be shipped to your base and delivered to your

doorstep through diplomatic courier service (DCS) of the External
Affairs Ministry. I hope you know that Diplomatic luggage’s cannot
be check at any port of entry all over the world. Although diplomatic
courier serviceis exclusively created for diplomats but I have a contact
at the DCS office that will ensure that the boxes are shipped along

with other diplomatic luggage’s to you in your country. The contents
of the boxes will be declared and Insured as classified documents
and insurance bond instead of cash. This is a very serious arrangement
that i have really thought about before contacting you so do
not panic because we are in the government and we know what to
do to get a successfull result.

After receiving the box es, you can then put the money in the
bank for the proposed investment or keep it in a safe deposit
box till I'm able to join you. DCS system of moving big volume
of cash is safe and tested. In the light of this DCS modality,
your thoughts, opinion and response are welcome.

Expecting your soonest response to this proposal.Pls send your

respond via email address;(muhammeddan9000@fastermail.com)

Best regards,

MUHAMMED DANJUMA.


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