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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: "Mrs Amina Shettima" <aminabulama@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:03:52 +0300
Subject: Urgent

SALAM.

My name is Hajia Amina Shettima Mohammed Bulama the eldest wife of Shettima
Mohammed Bulama who was the est. while managing director of the Bank of the
North Nig. Plc

I am contacting you in a benevolent spirit; utmost confidence and trust to
enable us provide a solution to a money transfer of $12M that is presentlt
the last resort of my family.My husband has just been retired from office
and has also been placed under survelience of which he can not travel out of
the country for now due to allegations levelled against him while in office
as the Managing director of the bank of the north Nig. Plc of which he is
facing litigations right now.

You may be quite surprised at my sudden contact to you but do not despair, I
got your contact from a business site on the internet and following the
information I gathered about you, I was convinced that you could be of
assistance to me. So, decided to contact you at once due to the urgency
required for us to immediately transfer the said funds out of the country.
During the time my husband was with the bank he made several loans to
various oil firms and inreturn he was given various sums as gratifications
.

The prominent amongst the deals was monies that emanated from funds set
aside for the importation of various ballot equipmemts for the just
concluded april general elections . If you are conversant with world news,
you would understand better. During this period my husband was able to make
some good money for himself and kept in a private security finance accounts
in Europe as persopnal effects . Out of the money my husband made, he left
the sum of US$12M (Twelve Mllion United States Dollars) which was kept in a
Private security firm in Europe and he kept it in the vaults of this firm as
personal effects.

The reason is because no names were used to lodge in the consignment
containing the funds. Instead, he used PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (PIN)
and declared the contents as Bearer Bonds and Treasury Bills. Also the firm
issued him with a certificate of deposit of the consignment. Note that I
have these information in my custody.Right now, my husband has asked me to
negotiate with a foreigner who would assist us lay claim to the consignment,
as the eldest wife of my husband, I believe that I owe the entire family
an obligation to ensure that the US$12M is successfully transferred abroad
for investment purposes.

With the present situation, I cannot do it all by myself. It is based on
this that I am making this contact with you. I have done a thorough homework
and fine-tuned the best way to create you as the beneficiary to the
consignment containing the funds and effect the transfer of the consignment
accordingly. It is rest assured that the modalities I have resolved to
finalize the entire project guarantees our safety and the successful
transfer of the funds. So, you will be absolutely right when you say that
this project is risk free and viable. If you are capable and willing to
assist,contact me at once via this email for more details.

Believe me, there is no one else we can trust again. All my husband’s
friends have deserted us after exploiting us on the pretence of trying to
help my husband. As it is said, it is at the time of problems that you know
your true friends.

So long as you keep everything to yourself, we would definitely have no
problems. For your assistance, I am ready to give you as much as 25% of the
total funds after confirmation in your possession and invest a reasonable
percentage into any viable business you may suggest. Please, I need your
assistance to make this happen and please do not undermine it because it
will also be a source of up liftment to you also. You have absolutely
nothing to loose in assisting us instead, you have so much to gain.

I will appreciate if you can contact me at my private
Email:mrsaminabulamas@hotmail.com

Awaiting your urgent and positive response.

Thanks and Allah be with you

Hajia (Mrs) Amina Shettima Bulama


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