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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: "ahmed musa" <ahmedmusa_25@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedmusa15@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:00:09 +0100
Subject: assallam alaikum!

assallam alaikum!
 
Dear Sir,
 
My name is Dr. Ahmed Musa. . I am the General manager Eco Bank International plc Marina Branch Lagos Nigeria. I am the accounting officer in charge of Mr. Abubakar Abdulraheem accounts.I got your e-mail address from the Foreign Services Department of our Foreign Affairs Ministry.
 
My purpose of writing you is to ask for your bank account where we can
successfully secure the sum of ($15 Million) Fifteen Million, US Dollars. For your information, Mr. Abubakar Abdulraheem deposited the sum of ($15 Million) Fifteen Million, US Dollars in our Bank as a Muslim Development Fund. But in private he told me as his accounting officer that the money was his personal money which he made as Mr. Charles Taylor frontman for his vast diamond business.
 
Mr.Charles Taylor was the President of Liberia before he was forced out of power by Rebels. The   account holder came to Nigeria on exile with Mr. Charles Taylor( the former president of Liberia)in 2002. Unfortunately, he was murdered along with his family by Rebels shortly after opening the account when he went back to Monrovia , Liberia to bring his family over to Nigeria because of relationship with Mr. Charles Taylor. Since then, the account has remained dormant.
 
Now, Mr. Charles Taylor has been arrested and taken to War Crimes Tribunal in Seira-leone for trial over his alleged role in committing crimes against humanity. The Nigerian Government has followed up on this by expelling all the people who came with Mr.Charles Taylor from the country. This means that the money is just lying there in the bank's tilt.
 
The Management of my Bank has held a meeeting in this regard and mandated me as his accounting officer to look for late Mr. Abubakar Abdulraheem's Muslim group to come and claim the money.However, I alone know that the money belongs to Mr. Abubakar Abdulraheem and not to any Muslim group. So now I want you to stand as one of the members of the Muslim group to enable us claim the money from the Bank.If you are interested to stand as one of the members of the Muslim group, I need the following information from you:
 
1. Your private phone number and fax number
 
2. Your full name
 
3. Your home address which I personally need because I do not know you
too well before now,only that I decided to work with you on trust,
believing that you will not cheat on me.
 
Note that we can  conclude this transaction within two weeks from the first day I will submit your information to the Management of our Bank. I will give you 30% of the total amount which is($4.5 miilion) Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars while the remaining 70% totalling [ $10.5 million ] ten million five hundred thousand  US dollars after we have concluded this transaction.
 
Be duly informed that I will resign from banking work to come over to your country with my family after the transfer of the fund into your
account. I will engage myself in international business since I will have a lot of money for any kind of business.
 
There is no risk in this business. I will give you all information you may need about Mr. Abubakar Abduraheem.This is 100% risk free. You need not to be afraid bacause in as much as I would want my reputation to be protected I will also want yours to be protected too.
 
I am waiting for your urgent reponse.
 
Best regards.

Dr. Ahmed Musa.
 



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