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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: atikuabubakarvp23@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:12:33 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alhaji=20Atiku=20Abubakar=2C?=

My Pleasure writing to you.

My name is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Vice-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
and number two

citizen of Nigeria. I need a very CREDIBLE, GENUINE AND SINCERE PERSON that
I can
trust who will represent me overseas as my Sponsor and Agent.Nigeria is
the largest Country

in Africa and the richest, both in Human and material resources. Nigeria
is the 6th largest

producers of crude oil in the world.

Because of the invasion of IRAQ by American and British Military
forces, the price of Petroleum prices skyrocked and Nigeria made alot
of money from excess crude oil. As the Vice-President of Nigeria and
number two citizen, I am directly in charge of the excess crude oil
account which presently has over USD5Billion.Right now, I am prepared to
divert

USD80Million[Eighty Million U.S.Dollars] into your Bank for my political
campaign next year.

I will divert the USD80Million into your bank account anywhere you provide

bank account from the excess crude oil account. You will ACT as my
Foreign Sponsor paying the bills for me and NOBODY in Nigeria will
ever know that I diverted the money into your personal bank account.

SEND ALL YOUR RESPONSES TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS: alhajiatikuabubakar@maktoob.com


or alhajiatikuabubakarvp2@yahoo.com

I await favourable response from you.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,
Vice-President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.





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