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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: "ibrahim obasanjo" <ibarhimobasanjo4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahim_obj@live.co.uk
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:36:42 +0100
Subject: GOODDAY MY DEAR


Good Day,

Forgive this unusual manner of contacting you,but this particular letter is
of exceptional and very private nature.There is absolutely going to be a
great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this email, coupled
with the fact that,so many miscreants have taken possession of the Internet
to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult
for genuine people to get attention and recognition.

I am Mr.Ibrahim Obasanjo and a cousin to Chief Olusegun,I have a transaction
which I will need your assistant because I have no where else to turn to
based on the time frame. So please I will really appreciate if you can give
me your full cooperation, I assure you that you have no regrets whatsoever
in working with me in this project as I am very sure that you and your will
ever remain grateful for the rest of your life.

Without wasting time my first cousin was the former president of the
republic of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, after he handed over to the new
president, a lot of probes has been going on for him to come and make
account for a lot funds ($US16 Billion) which cannot be accounted for during
his tenure as the president of the Republic of Nigeria for eight years. As
you must have read in the Nigerian daily newspapers, the ministry of
petroleum was directly under his office and a lot of juicy contracts were
awarded without being executed and from what my cousin told me in
confidence, most of these funds were siphoned and deposited in various
foreign countries.

It was because of the purpose of my cousin protecting the wealth he single
handily made Y'radua the President of Nigeria but as soon as he became the
president, he joined the opposition based on this, my cousin Olusegun
Obasanjo has giving me the authority to assist him safe guard some funds he
has in Spain as the government of Nigeria has frozen most of his account
and based on the way things are going now in Nigeria polity , I know he
will be jailed again and all the funds he made as a president will be
confiscated. All his colleague and his vice president, CBN Governor,
Minister of finance and Accountant General of the federation, all this
people are now under house arrest, so we need to act as quick as possible.
My cousin told me where he kept some funds which he wants me to safe guard
for him, he asked me to look for a foreigner who is not known or related to
us in any means either a man or a woman, a person who is not going to betray
us or expose us to the present Nigerian government and he assured me that as
soon as the funds are moved in your name, that it will remain sealed for
life.

That is the only reason I am contacting you because I because you are not
known by any to our family members. So my good friend if you will assist us
to safe guard some funds my cousin has in Spain until this problem is over,
I will want you to get back to me immediately.
Your compensation

You will invest the funds for a period of ten years and you will be entitled
to 100% of the profit for the said period so that my cousin will be able to
sort himself out with the government. After the expiation of the said
period, you will come down to 50% of the profits while the rest remains
chief Obasanjo's own.

Mr. ibrahim Obasanjo.

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