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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: "Alammin EL-Hali YarAdua"" <charlghan@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: alamminadua1@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:38:45 -0100 (GMT+1)
Subject: FOR A LASTING RELATIONSHIP

FOR A LASTING RELATIONSHIP
>From Alammin EL-Hali Yar"Adua
Plot 235, Lord Harrington Drive,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Dear Trusted Friend.
I hope this correspondence meets you in good health; I solicit for your
good refined temperament on this unwarranted mail, but hope you will
consider it worth giving attention. Thus, a pre-meditated contact, trust
and honor which I bestowed on your personality. Furthermore, with great
expectation e-mail would not have been the best way to contact you but
while this correspondence is highly confidential and e-mail seems to be
the most secured and fastest way to communicate, I sincerely apologize.
Please, I crave your indulgence to read and address contents of this
e-mail with all confidentiality and Seriousness it deserves.

I am Alammin EL-Hali Yar"Adua, 29, an unemployed graduate, Married with 1
child (a son) and first son of late Dr Kasim Hamza Al-"Yar"Adua
Chairman/Chief executive officer of the Petroleum Development Trust Fund
(PTDF) otherwise known as (Excess Crude Oil Fund) of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria I have 2 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters all students.
Including my ageing mother who has been taking care of us since my father
passed on.

I write to seek your esteemed assistance and cooperation for the purpose
of retrieving my inherited funds deposited with a financial institution
abroad for the purpose of investing same in a viable business in your
peacefully known country including furthering our highly needed education
therein. Actually, the fund was deposited by my late father in 2006.
However, my late father explained all to me about the fund before he
passed on and advised on his sick bed of his dreams and ideas.

Obviously, having lost my father, retrieving and investing the fund for
ourselves his immediate family specifically in your country has been the
dream and ideas of my late father, as such being the first son and heir, I
owe it as an utmost responsibility to uphold his dream and ideas
especially as it concern investing in the country he cherished during his
life time. I will give you full details on receipt of your esteemed
response. I await your update. Thanks and Remain blessed.
Accept My Regards,
Alammin EL-Hali Yar"Adua


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