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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: "BARRISTER ABAH" <drprince_4@msn.com>
Reply-To: usman_abah@walla.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:33:36 +0000
Subject: Very important

ATTN: Dear

My name is Barrister Usman Abah (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
hisdeath that he was worth well over ($4.5 billion in United State
Dollars)andsome of this money was retrieve after he died while some was
recovered fromofficials 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
transfersome money but mind you, all the money in her possessions cannot
leave atonce because she need to build confidence and trust.

In some who would not expose her plan to remit and possibly invest in
yourcompany . so she has agreed that I should make arrangements for the
transferof ($60.5 million United States dollars) and you are free to
negotiate yourmode 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
contactingme immediately you receive this mail so that the
necessary arrangements can be made for the money to leaveimmediately.
Due to the present situation of my client, I would be happy if this
requestcan 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 Usman Abah (SAN)



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