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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: "FROM ANYA OGBONNA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anyaogbonna55@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 13:01:45 -0800
Subject: FROM ANYA OGBONNA

DEAR FRIEND,

AFTER WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU OR YOUR NIGERIAN PARTNER FOR A LONG TIME NOW, I DECIDED TO MAKE THIS DIRECT APPROACH TO YOU AS MY NEW RESOLUTION IN OTHER NOT TO LET IT BE AS IF I HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND AGAINST YOU.

I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE ASKED YOURSELF WHY EACH TIME THE RELEASE OF THIS FUND IS APPROVED, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PAYMENT WILL BE STOPPED OR ONE PROBLEM OR THE OTHER WILL COME UP IF YOU HAVE NOT ASKED THIS QUESTION OR YOU DO NOT KNOW, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO TELL YOU.

SOME TIME AGO, YOUR NIGERIAN FRIENDS, I MEAN THE PEOPLE THAT INTRODUCED YOU TO THE PROJECT APPROACHED ME THROUGH MY DEAR WIFE WHO WORK WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND REQUESTED ME TO ASSIST THEM CONCLUDE A MONEY TRANSFER DEAL THEY HAD WITH YOU.

THEY REQUESTED ME TO ASSIST THEM BY REMOVING THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM VETTING COMPUTER AND SUBSTITUTE THEM WITH YOUR NAME AND BANK DETAILS IN ORDER TO MAKE YOU APPEAR AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND.
I AGREED ON CONDITION THAT THEY WILL PAY ME US$3 MILLION AS SOON AS YOUR NAME APPEARS AS THE BENEFICIARY.

I DID AS AGREED AND DEMANDED TO BE PAID, BUT YOUR FRIENDS STARTED TELLING ME STORIES, THEY EVEN TOLD ME YOU PROMISED TO SEND MONEY TO ME.DO YOU KNOW THAT UP TILL NOW, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE CENT FROM THEM AND HAVE NOT SET MY EYES ON ANY OF THEM? BASED ON THEIR ATTITUDE, I DECIDED TO STOP THE FUND RELEASE MOVEMENT BECAUSE I CANNOT BE DENIED OF MY RIGHT IN MY OWN OFFICE CONSIDERING THE RISK AS IT MIGHT AFFECT MY JOB AND I KNOW THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS THAT YOU ARE NOT THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY, DID NOT EXECUTE AND PROJECT IN NIGERIA, ALTHOUGH I AM THE ONLY PERSON PRIVILEGED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION AND IT IS A FACT.

WHY I AM MAKING THIS CLEAR TO YOU IS THAT I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE STILL MAKING EFFORTS IN ORDER TO CONCLUDE THIS PROJECT. NOW I AM READY TO FORGET THE PAST.
I DO NOT NEED THE US$3 MILLION ANY LONGER FROM YOU BUT A GOOD COMPENSATION FROM YOUR MIND.I NEED YOUR ASSURANCE THAT THOSE COLLEAGUES WILL BE TOTALLY KEPT OUT OF THIS TRANSACTION AND I KNOW THAT NONE OF THEM IS AWARE OF MY NEW APPROACH TO YOU.

STOP SPENDING YOUR MONEY UNNECESSARILY TO CBN OFFICERS HERE BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THIS MONEY WITHOUT MY HAND IN IT. I PERSONALLY DID THE WORK AT THE BEGINNING AND ONLY ME CAN CONCLUDE IT SUCESSFULLY.

FINALLY, I NEED YOUR PROMISE THAT NO OFFICIAL OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA WILL BE AWARE OF MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE OF MY POSITION.I WANT YOU TO REASSURE ME THAT YOU WILL BE WILLING TO COMPENSATE ME AND THAT YOU WILL ASSIST MY WIFE TO ESTABLISH A FOREIGN ACCOUNT IN WHERE MY OWN PERCENTAGE WILL BE LODGED.

IF YOU AGREE,I WILL SEND YOU A KTT FUND RELEASE APPROVAL DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR ENDORSEMENT AFTER WHICH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SHALL BE CREDITED WITHIN 48 HOURS THROUGH GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA CRUDE OIL RESERVE ACCOUNT.

I AM A MAN OF MY WORD AND IF YOU ARE READY TO CONCLUDE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME,CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY WITH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADD:

(anyaogbonna55@yahoo.co.jp) SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CHAT OVER THIS ISSUE BUT IF THE REVERSE IS THE CASE,DO NOT BOTHER YOURSELFTO REACH ME AND FORGET ABOUT YOUR FUND

YOUR SINCERELY

ANYA OGBONNA ORJI

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