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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: "Hajiya Turai Yar'adua" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsturai.yaradua45@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:24:21 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS FROM LATE PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA FAMILY

Greetings in the name of Allah,


I am delighted to write this letter to you in my secret room hoping that you will understand my predicament and answer back without hesitation.


I am DR.(MRS) HAJIYA TURAI YAR'ADUA, wife of the late Nigerian President who died on the 6th of May 2010 after a long illness. I got your contact through business inquires from the chamber or commerce as I was praying to Allah to give me a contact of an Honest foreigner who will help save my life and my children's life, hence our country has been frustrating us since the death of my late husband President UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA who died on Wed. 5th May 2010 at the age of 58 after a long illness.


After (Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan) was sworn in as the new President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as soon as the 7 days mourning of my late husband ended, the new president set his back on my family and started dealing with us. The New President who was the vice Preisent to my late husband ordered for the probe of my late husband personal accounts, my joint accounts with my late husband and my personal accounts and I without having in mind that such action will come up from him against us, we were unlucky to their trap and they succeeded and found out huge amount of millions of dollars in the accounts and they confisicated them.


Now, my children and I have been set on survillance watch by the security agents and we have complained the issue to the Emirs (the kings) of the Northern part of this country where we held from but they achieved nothing in discussing to Mr. President on our behalf because he told them that, he is doing the right thing and he is fighting against corruption in the government system. Now we are skied of his next line of action because we don't know his next action against us again. Now, I am using a telephone line which was forced to me by the security monitoring team just to monitor my telephone conversations with people all over the world.


My main reason of writing this letter to you is that, I am in possession of the total sum of US$85,000.000 (Eighty Five Million U.S Dollars) which I deposited in the personal account of my younger sister and which I want to transfer to your country for a safe keep and which I will invest in your country later through your business advise to me.


Part of the money was the money entrusted to me by my late husband on July 2009. Also part of it was the money I generated in my NAWOCA initiative (The National Women Coalition Against AIDS (NAWOCA) which was generously supported and sponsored by many foreign companies in Nigeria and many private sectors in Nigeria which includes oil companies and well to do citizens of the country. While the remaining part was a cheque gift I received from the Julius Berger construction company, Chevron Oil company and Agip Oil company as my birthday gift during my birthday celeberation last year.


For your clarification and understanding, this money is deposited in my younger sister's personal account in one of our bank here in Nigeria and I will not expose to you the name of the Bank for now till we open a communication with trust. It is not an ill gotten wealth which I have explained above.


On your acceptance to render this assistance to me, I will instruct the family attorney to deal directly with you on our behalf and effect the change of ownership of this fund to your name as the bona-fide owner/next of kin to enable you receive the funds since the funds can not be moved out of our country in the family's name.


It is very important that you respond urgently to this letter and forward to me your private telephone numbers, contact address and business name so that, I can forward it to my family attorney to commence communication with you and you will also speak with my son Price Musa Yar'adua because he knows everything as regards to this transaction


Bear in mind that this transaction demands absolute confidentiality because like I earlier explained to you, all properties, assets and bank accounts both local and international bearing my family names have been confiscated by the new President of Nigeria (President Jonathan Goodluck) hence I will not want this one to be exposed because, my family future and existance depend on it.


For your knowledge, 15% of this fund US$85,000.000 (Eighty Five Million U.S Dollars) will be given to you for a job well done if you assist me to secure this fund and another 5% has been set aside for all the expenses which you might incured during the process of securing this fund.


Please contact me immediately and bear in mind that this is the only remaining fund for the survival of my family. I would refer you to this Website for further information on the death of my late husband.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8663824.stm


I await your immediate response through my secret email contact: turaiyaradua45@live.com


Yours Sincerely.
Hajiya Turai Yar'adua.

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