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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: Alhaji Mohammed Abba-Aji <mohammedabba47@yahoo.com>
Date: 17 Feb 2010 17:52:24 +0000
Subject: Your Attention Is Needed !!!

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Your Attention is Needed,



I am Alhaji Mohammed Abba-Aji ,Special Adviser to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (Nigerian Sick president) on National Assembly Matters, i am contacting you to assist me in this transaction which will be of great benefit to both of us,as i am talking to you now,the president has been out of the country for over 50 day,he has been in Saudi Arabia for treatment of his heart and liver problems.



I was in Saudi Arabia to see him because he send for me,the state which i saw him,i know he will not survive his illness,i mean is getting worst by the day. President Musa Yar’Adua had been admitted to a hospital in Saudi Arabia almost 3 months now, after he complained of heart problems,when i was with him at the hospital,i was informed that his liver has been damaged too.



President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who is the 2nd President of Nigeria's Fourth Republic . who has also served as governor of Katsina State in northern Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 28 May 2007. He was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), i have worked with him for so long and presently i am his special advicer on National Assembly Matters.



To cut the long story short,i need your assistance because after my visit to Saudi hospital,the acting president(Good luck Jonathan)has banned all of us that is very close to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from going out of the country for his selfish reasons,so i was able to move some money to a nearby country(Ghana) i deposited 45 million US dollars in a certain security company,i only need your assistance to lift the money down to your country,i know that very soon the president will be dead and gone forever,then i will move down to your country for the money.



I am going to offer you %40 of this money,and we are going to use a diplomatic agent to lift the money because that kind of money can not be transfer,the bank will suspect it.here in Nigeria i can only make a call but can not be allow to do anything or send money out,that is why i need you to assist me.



Please indicate your interest and respond to me so that we can start.contact me on my private email address



mohammedabba47@yahoo.com.



Regards,



Alhaji Mohammed Abba-Aji.



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