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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. Osomo Mobolaji" <mrsosomo@filepool.be>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 05:46:56 +0200
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE.

Dear Friend,

I Have an urgent reasons to write and contact you for a mutual investment. during my desperate search for someone that could honestly and confidentially assist me by serving as my trustee. I therefore personally,appeal to you seriously and religiously for your urgent assistance to move this money into your country where I believe it will be safe since I cannot leave the country due to the restriction of movement imposed on the members of the federal government ministers.

I am Chief Mrs.Mobolaji Osomo and i am presently the Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development .Due to the current day to day running here at the presidency and the security by the president elect, since the adoption of the civilian government by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to bring all ministers under his cabinet to probe as well as other top government official/staffers presently and probe any if found wanting, I hereby ask from you to carry on this project on behalf of me. Last week it was all over CNN when FBI in USA broke into the home of our vice president Alhaji Atiku and his matter is now the talk of today in the national dailies. Please for mutual benefit, I contact you for urgent claim to be used here to stand on behalf of me and have my funds deposited with a finance company in suspense account, which I will give you their contact on the trust, and pledge that you will never expose to no one other than keeping it confidential to yourself.

Please because of the magnitude of the funds, which is $25.5 MILLION DOLLARS, I will like you to claim and invest the funds for us without my family name being mentioned. I will personally ask you to work directly with a lawyer who will instruct you on the guidelines to secure the funds in your account. Please if you can not be of help to this urgent need, kindly do me a favour to delete this message, as I don’t want to be probed about this funds that I acquired while working as the honorable minister of works and housing. A lot of contract was awarded by the Federal government during my time and over invoicing of the contract payment brought about this funds, I now need you to help me receive and invest the money into a profit yielding establishment that will bring us proceed while we agree on a sharing percentage ratio: it can be monthly or install mental depending on our agreement.

The president is not leaving any stone unturned and if you seen it capable and fit to execute this claim and invest for us with every request of mine put into consideration above, also that my name will never be mentioned all through till the funds is in your account, I will then feel secure to ask from you the following useful info” (1) Your Full names, (2) Phone and fax number for communication (3) Contact house address. (4) Your real identity is very important to me since you know what this amount means in ones life.

Finally, once I receive your favorable response privately, I will email you all the details of my personal attorney who will on maturity handle this matter for us and provide us every legal process that you will be needed for the release of this funds to you as its now secured in a consignment ready for claim with the finance company when you indicate you willingness to take full control of this transaction without involving me in any regards.
Reply me via : chiefmrsosomo@yahoo.de

Thanks,
Chief. Mrs. Mobolaji Osomo
Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development.

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