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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: "DR MUSA" <drmusaka@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: musa_drmusa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:35:14 -0700
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary,SCAMMED VICTIM


Attention: Beneficiary,

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $1.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654. We
were delegated by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [ EFCC ]
Nigeria in conjunction with the United Nations to pay 200
Americans,Asia Europe etc who were scammed by Nigerian 419
artists/pepetrators the sum of $1.5million each, you are listed and
approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to
us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1.5million
compensations funds.

In view of this recommendations, I want you to know that during the
last UN and EFCC meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so
much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by
various oreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all
over the world today, In other to retain the good image of this
country, the president (Alhaji Umaru Musa Yaraduh) has instructed the
payment of 200 victims the sum of $1.5million each via.Willbros
express securities under funding assistance by the Central Bank of
Nigeria.According to the number of applicants at hand, 85
beneficiaries has been paid.we still have more left to be paid the
compensations of $1.5million.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested in Imo State Nigeria as one of their victims of the
operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate
this message to him for any reason whatsoever, Efcc in surpport of the
US secret service is already on trace of the criminal. For more vital
information, You will receive your compensations payments via a ATM
PAYMENTS and not a WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further
modalities as soon as I hear from you.Please get back to me through my
private box:E- mail:[ musamusaka1950@yahoo.com]

Yours faithfully,

DR MUSA MUSAKA ,
De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
EFCC And United Nations Compensation Committee,
(United nations Anti-fraud Committee)

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