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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: "nenadiusman" <drnenadiusman_nig2@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 10:34:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Amarjit Singh / Fraud Alert.




Dr. Mrs. Nenadi E. Usman.

Hon. Minister of Finance &amp;

Economic Development of

Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Tel: 234 8022279979

Fax: 234 9 2728935



Attention: Amarjit Singh.



Fraud Alert / Inheritance Transfer / New Finance Minister



Permit me the pleasure to introduce myself as Dr. (Mrs.) Nenadi E. Usman. As you must be aware, I am the newly appointed Finance Minister of Nigeria. I took over office only last month from my predecessor, Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, who has been redeployed to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.



I am writing you with respect to your stalled inheritance funds transfer from Nigeria.



Upon assumption of office, I immediately carried out a personal review of all stalled International Transfer Files at the Finance Ministry, the Central Bank of Nigeria, and all Private Banks in Nigeria. During this review, I was compelled to take special interest in your particular case and the private bank where your inheritance transfer emanated from because of the peculiar history of gross irregularities and procedural inconsistencies contained in the files.



Consequently, I had to direct the National Economic Intelligence Agency to carry out an in-depth investigation into your case and activities of the private bank, with a view to ascertaining the factors that have militated against the completion of your transfer. As expected, the investigation yielded a far reaching and revealing result.



According to the intelligence report, certain interest at the local private bank working in collaboration with some staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria attempted to mastermind the diversion of your transfer to a private Swiss bank account, with the connivance of some dubious foreign financial institutions. The intelligence report further revealed that these persons have severally demanded you to pay concocted fee to fund these irregular transfer procedures, with which the masterminds intends to bribe their way and smuggle your transfer to the private Swiss bank account, while giving you the false impression that the transfer was being intended for your bank account. Hence they have always come to you with endless demands and stories.



I had to authorize the immediate termination of these illegitimate processes both within and overseas, and the good news is that your funds have been taken into the safe custody of the Finance Ministry. To effectively achieve this, the Office of the Nigeria President had to secure the cooperation of the foreign governments of the financial and shipment institutions involved in the grand plot. You are thus assured that your funds have been taken into safe custody of my ministry, for proper channeling to you through the standard medium of a direct wire transfer.



Please get back to me immediately for further instruction on how your funds will now be wired to your bank account, and the attendant documentation necessary. Please reply and call me immediately for discussions on telephone number: 234 80 22279979.

Regards,



Mrs. Nenadi E. Usman.

Hon. Minister of Finance.

Alternative email: drnenadiusman_nig@myway.com



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