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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: "abah usman" <abahusman@msn.com>
Reply-To: abah_usman@ny.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:00:36 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PROJECT

ATTN:

My name is Barrister Barrister ABAH USMAN(SAN) I am a private attorney . and
I have a client who is interested in investing some good money in your
country.

My client is a very important and prominent person who has mandated me to
contact you for a very important business transaction my client is by name
Mrs. Maryam Abacha and she is the wife of a Late Military heard of state in
my country.

Her husband Late General Sanni Abacha made a lot of money through Oil
proceeds during his tenure in office. In fact it was discovered after his
death that he was worth well over $4.5 billion in United State Dollars and
some of this money was retrieve after he died while some was recovered from
officials that served under him during his reign as president of Nigeria.

The truth of this case is that my client despite the problem she is going
through now, she still has a lot of money in her possession, which she
intends to invest outside our country.
What my client need from you now is reliable account where she can transfer
some money but mind you, all the money in her possessions cannot leave at
once because she need to build confidence and trust.

In some who would not expose her plan to remit and possibly invest in your
company . so she has agreed that I should make arrangements for the transfer
of $60.5 million United States dollars and you are free to negotiate your
mode of compensation even as she intends to invest the money in your
country.

Please, do not hesitate to indicate your view of this request by
contacting me immediately you receive this mail so that the necessary
arrangements can be made for the money to leave immediately.

Due to the present situation of my client, I would be happy if this request
can be kept a secret.

I would also like to note that there is no risk involved.

awaiting for your urgent reply .

Thank Best regards,

Barrister ABAH USMAN(SAN )


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