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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: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA <pastorrichardkent@gmail.com>
Reply-To: account_offic1@qatar.io
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 00:24:45 +0100
Subject: The presidency of Nigeria Mr. Goodluck Jonathan have giving me a
mandate that all foreign dept has to be paid


How are you today ?


I am the Accountant general of Nigeria that is in charge of your newly
approved fund by the presidency and the united nation; I received your
information and daters today from our secrete agent and have also seeing
your name in the new approved list form from the president of Nigeria Mr.
Goodluck and I have find out myself that you have not received your fund
till now.

Let me tell you this now. The presidency of Nigeria Mr. Goodluck and the
united nation is not happy with what is going on here in Nigeria now, and
how foreign dept. has not being paid and how scammer’s has being collecting
money from people contractors and foreigners like you.


The presidency of Nigeria Mr. Goodluck Jonathan have giving me a mandate
that all foreign dept has to be paid before the end of this year on
feelingly, from today, because of that I want to make sure that you get
your fund at this time.


There is a presidential diplomat that is making a delivery to Washington
tomorrow or next, I will like to include your 15.5 million approved funds
that the president of Nigeria have approved for you in his private jet that
is going to Washington for a presidential delivery, so that when he
finished making the delivery in Washington he will head straight to your
house address to make your own delivery to you or you go there in
Washington to collect you money from him there in Washington international
airport. But please note that. We will not let him know that it is money
that he is caring to you for a security resins.


I want to help you out now and also want to make sure that all foreign dept
is being paid accordingly as directed by the presidency to make sure that
all foreign dept. Is being paid, If you wish to get this your approved fund
this way that I said please reconfirm your full information so that there
will be no mistake when the diplomat arrived in U.S.A.


The diplomat that will bring the fund to you will need your full name.
Correct house address and direct cell phone number and house phone number
too. He will need your cell phone number personally to call you first when
he gets to Washington in U.S.A before coming to make the delivery to your
house address, he is on a presidential duty and will need to deliver your
own package to you once he finish making the delivery he came to do there
in Washington.


Please get back to me today if you will like to get this your newly
approved 15.5 million fund this way so that I can go on and make all the
necessary arrangements before he lives to your Washington tomorrow or next.


REGARDS,
Accountant general of Nigeria
Federal republic of Nigeria

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