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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: "Usman Dagogo" <usdagogo1954@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:06:01 -0800
Subject: This is urgent, please read and reply.

>From Mr. Usman Dagogo

Dear

I am retired Col. Usman Dagogo, it is true that we have never meet each
other before and I believe that this name sounds strange to you, do not see
this letter as a junk or one of the Internet scam mails because everything I
am going to tell you here has prove and evidence and we believe that only
time will vindicate the just..

I am writing to you on behalf of my late boss wife Mrs. Maraim Abacha, wife
to the late Nigerian Head of state, General Sani Abacha who died on the 8th
of June 1998 while still on active service for our Country.

I am contacting you with hope that you will be of great assistance to the
entire family of Abacha, the reason why we are seeking for your help is that
the family of Mariam is facing a big problem with the recent government of
Nigeria over misappropriation of fund by her late husband.
For more information on this matter, please right click the following sites
and read very carefully.

http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/27/swiss.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/909972.stm


Based on the on going prosecution on this family, we are seeking your
assistance to help us secure some money kept in a security company in
Europe.

Please be inform that this money is not a public fund, it came as a result
of a payback contract deal between my boss and a Russian firm in our
country's multi-billion dollar Ajaokuta steel plant but the government
considered the contract to be a fraud.

See the fact provided by the government on the contract.
http://www.megaone.com/fraudnews/000228TheLawyerAjakouta.html

But the truth is that the contract was executed and now even the present
administration of president Obansanjo has re-awarded a contract to the same
place and nothing is still working out.

The problem is that president Obansanjo was involved a coup pilot against
late General Sani Abacha in 1997 and he was arrested and brought to the
tribunal for judgment, my boss, Late General Abacha has signed his death
warrant by firing square with others involved but unfortunately he died
before the date so another government of General Abusalam Abubakar took over
office and grant obansanjo release and after the regime of General Abusalam
that lasted only for 1year, he is the minitary president that hand over
power to civil in 1999, Late General Abacha died in 1998 and Abubakar took
office the same 1998 as the head of state and hand over to democracy in
1999, so due to politics, fortunately for Obansanjo, he was picked by PDP
caucus as a presidential flag bearer and finally he won the presidential
race in 1999.

When he came to office, the first thing he did is to set up and panel of
committee to start prosecution on the Late General Sani Abacha regime, which
lead to investigation of many thing and that has lead to frozen of Abacha
account locally and abroad accusing them of misapprotritaion of public fund.

Now, I want you to know that the said consignment content real United States
dollars bill and the total amount in it is $20.5 million, the money was
brough in cash by the foreign firm and he move it out of the country with
the advantage of his diplomat immunity which help me alot to declear the box
as a family consignment that content family valuables.

All we need is to front you as the beneficiary of the consignment as we
don’t want anybody to know about this and that means that you need to travel
to Europe for the release of the consignment to you. We need the consignment
to be release but we don’t want anything that will involve our name to be
known to people as you know what is happening, all documents will be send to
you, and we will also obtain the documents that will back up your claim
before the company.

Please we need a reliable. Honest and capable person who will assist us to
execute this transaction with maturity.

All we need from you is the following information.

Your full name
Address
Your private contact telephone number.
A copy of your driver’s license or international passport

Upon the receipt of the information, I will call you for more discussion and
also you will have access to speak with Mrs. Mariam Abacha.

This transaction demands a high level of secrecy.

If you are interest and serious to help us, kindly send to me your private
phone number, or mobile phone number so that we will call you for further
explanation and discussions,

Thank you.
Waiting to hear from you.
Usman Dagogo
For the family.
Phone: +234 80 30 83 05 59.


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