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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: dale balogun <dale_ums1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:33:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Waiting for your urgent response.


Dear Simon ,

I'm aware that this unexpected letter will come to you as a surprise I appologise for any inconvenience, but please do bear with me for I am only seeking for your help.I am Dale
Balogun,the first son of Mr Tafa Balogun the former Inspector General of Nigeria Police. My father (Mr Tafa Balogun )is currently in detention,because he fell out with the president General Olusegun Obasanjo as my father insist to succeed him as the president of Nigeria come 2007, but the president refused and conived with other officials in Government and set him up with allegations of diverting the government money to his use. They now detained him under the Economic Crimes Law with a seventy count charge just to destroy his political career and chances in 2007. Equally, the president does not want to give my father chance, so that my father as the police chief boss,and direct assistant to the president in security affairs, will not expose all his secret international financial dealings while in the office and thinks that the best to trap my father down completely is to detain him until the new government comes in 2007.Please go through this site to read more on the issue.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/headline/f114042005.html

Before he was taking away he deposited with a security company in Europe the sum of $4,500,000.00 (Four million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars only).
He deposited this money with my name as his NEXT OF KIN.Although this money was deposited as family valuables.According to him, he took this decision to avoid
acumulating demurrage. All that is required by you is to MAKE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY ON HOW TO CLAIM THIS CONSIGNMENT FROM THEM on our behalf since they do not know the real content of the consignment.
This transaction is to be treated with utmost confidence to avoid my government getting knowledge of it so we've decided to invest this fund in your country for security reasons.
As a matter of fact,you will have 30% of the total sum for your assistance towards this transaction, 5% of eventual expenses that might be incurred on the course of this
transaction 65% is for my family and this will be invested in your country in any lucrative business.

Finally, I wish to assure you that this transaction will not attract any risk on your behalf as nobody knows about this transaction and moreover every arrangement for the
successful completion of this transaction the moment I get your consent has been put in place.

I am contacting you to represent us and claim the money on our behalf because of the situation my family is facing right now.l am now in hiding here at Togo unknown to the
Nigerian Government until this transaction is concluded before I decide where to move finally.
l will issue you an authorization letter for you to clear the consignment from the security company.

Waiting for your urgent response.

Kind regards,

Dale Balogun.









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