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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. JOSEPH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanusijoseph@inMail24.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:02:03 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION MY DEAR FRIEND

DR.JOSEPH A SANUSI;
PLOT 25 SUITE 2B C.B.N QUARTERS SATELLITE TOWN LAGOS.

MY DEAR FRIEND.


AFTER A SERIOUS THOUGHT? I DECIDED TO REACH YOU DIRECTLY
AND PERSONALLY BECAUSEI DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST YOU, BUT YOUR NIGERIAN
PARTNERS. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF WIRE TRANSFER/TELEX DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA, SOME TIME IN THE PAST YOUR NIGERIAN PARTNERS APPROACHED ME
THROUGH A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS WITH ONE OF THE MINISTRIES HERE AND
REQUESTED THAT I ASSIST THEM CONCLUDE A MONEY TRANSFER DEAL.THEY GAVE ME
YOUR NAME, AND BANK PARTICULARS AND TOLD ME TO PUT THEM INTO OUR COMPUTING
SYSTEM IN THE LAB SO THAT IT WILL APPEAR AS IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE GENUINE
BENEFICIARY THAT HAVE BEEN CLEARED FOR PAYMENT. ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY
WANTED TO USE THIS STRATEGY TO TRANSFER A HUGE AMOUNT OF UNITED STATES
DOLLARS WHICH THEY ACCUMULATED INHERITANCE FUNDS AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN
FLOATING IN THE CBN SINCE THEN ON YOUR NAME. WE AGREED THAT ONCE I DO THIS,
THEY WOULD GIVE ME S$100,000.00 AND GIVE ME ANOTHER US$100,000.00 WHEN I
RELEASE THE FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

WHEN THEY SAW THAT I HAVE DONE IT AND YOUR NAME HAS BEEN APPROVED AMONG THE
LIST OF THOSE TO BE PAID, INSTEAD OF GIVING ME THE AGREED DEPOSIT OF
US$100,000.00, THEY STARTED AVOIDING ME AND RESORTED TO THREATS. I
IMMEDIATELY DELETED THE TRANSFER CODE OF THE FUND, WHICH IS ONLY KNOWN TO ME
BECAUSE OF MY POSITION, AND RELEASED OTHER CONTRACTORS FUND WITHOUT YOURS.
THEY BECAME ANGRY THE MORE WHEN THEY SAW THAT THEIR THREAT DID NOT WORK, AND
STARTED BRIBING OTHER OFFICIALS TO GET ANOTHER APPROVAL TO TRANSFER THE MONEY
TO YOU WITHOUT SUCCESS.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY AND OBSTRUCTIONS
BECAUSE OF THEIR BREACH OF CONTRACT. IF YOU DOUBT WHAT I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU,
PAY ANY AMOUNT THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY NOW, AFTER A SHORT TIME THEY WILL
COME UP WITH ANOTHER REASON TO PAY AGAIN AND IT GOES ON AND ON. THEY ARE
SIMPLY WICKED. NOW IF YOU WANT US TO WORK TOGETHER, THESE ARE MY CONDITIONS.

1. I WILL HAVE 20% OF THE MONEY BECAUSE IT IS ONLY THE TWO OF US LEFT FOR
NOW.

11. YOU WILL ASSIST MY SON TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER
PLACE OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL PAY IN MY OWN SHARE.

III. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WILL BE USELESS AND MERE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY IF
YOU CONTINUE WITH ANY OTHER PERSON, SO WE WILL CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH
UTMOST SECRECY.

IV. YOU WILL PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE, MOBILE AND FAX NUMBERS
ASWELL AS YOUR
PRIVATE EMAIL I.D. (IF ANY) TO FACILITATE EASY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU AND
I ONLY.

IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS AS FOLLOWS: ( josephsanusi222@rediffmail.com ) TO LET
US FINALIZE, SO THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE RELEASED TO YOUR ACCOUNT AFTER DUE
PROTOCOLS HAS BEEN OBSERVED. BUT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED, I ADVICE YOU TO
FORGET THE FUND AND STOP WAISTING YOUR TIME WITH YOUR SO CALLED PARTNERS.

BEST REGARDS.
DR. JOSEPH A SANUSI.
DIRECTOR,WIRE TRANSFER/ TELEX DEPT.{ CBN}

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