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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: "Alhaji Umar Bello" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <umarbello1020@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 08:42:34 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION: TRUTH OF THE MATTER

I have decided to contact you directly and personally after a serious thought because I do not have any hatred on you, but your Nigerian partners.


I am the Director, Tested Computerization On Foreign Transfer Unit central bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sometime in the past, your Nigerian partners approached me through a friend of mine and requested me to assist them to conclude a money transfer deal. They gave me your name, and bank particulars and told me to include them into our computer system in the central computer unit so that it will appear as if you are one of the genuine contractors that have been cleared for payment.According to them, they wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge amount of money which they accumulated through inflated contract awards and the money have been floating in the CBN since then.
The original contractors have been paid therefore they wanted to use your account to transfer the inflated amount out of Nigeria. We agreed that once I do this, they would give me 15% and another US$100,000.00 when I release the fund to your account. When they saw that I have done so and your name have been approved among the list of those to be paid, instead of giving me the agreed amount, they started avoiding me and resorted to threat.


I immediately deleted the transfer access code (TAC) and your personal identification numbers (PIN), which is only known to me due to my position and duty but released other contractors fund without yours. They became angered the more when they saw that their threat did not work, they started bribing other officials to get another approval to transfer the money to you but without success. it is not funny that a contractor is being asked to pay one tax or the other. I am 100% responsible for the delay and obstructions because of their breach of agreement. 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 and do not know where their problem lies. now, if you want us to work together, these are my conditions:


A) Most importantly, we must be very sincere and transparent with each other by ensuring that we stand by our words.
B) I will have 30% of the money because it's only two of us left now.
C) You will assist me to open an account in your country or any other place of my choice where I will pay in my own share.
D) As you have seen, it will be useless and a mere waste of time and money if you continue with any other person, so it is better we agree with each other and conclude the transaction with utmost secrecy.


If these conditions are acceptable to you, contact me as soon as possible quoting your contract number to prove that you are the true person, so that we will finalize. But if you are not interested, I advise you to forget the fund as it will be transferred into the federal government of Nigeria consolidated national reserve.

Kindly get back to me only on this email or call me immediately upon receipt of this message for further information

Best Regards,
Umar Bello
Director, Tested Computerization foreign Transfer Unit,
Telephone: +234 810 301 7355
umarbello1020@yahoo.com.hk

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