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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: psawadogo11@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:19:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RELIABLE TRANSACTION

>From The Desk Of Mr. Philip Sawadogo,
Senior Manager, Accounts Department,
Barclays Bank Plc,
London, United Kingdom

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Philip Sawadogo Senior Manager, Accounts Department and Accounting Officer of Mr. Mahmud Tukur, the son of the ruling party in Nigeria,Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who involved in this latest oil subsidy scam in Nigeria.

Mr. Mahmud Tukur is amongst the people that was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the Federal High Court in Nigeria for Oil subsidy scams as you can see in these websites:

http://www.zimbio.com/Nigeria/articles/riLwF0aZfy5/Sons+prominent+Nigerians+arraigned+Fuel+Subsidy

http://naijagists.com/nigerias-fuel-subsidy-scammers-list-of-companies-individuals-on-efcc-case/

As the Accounting Officer of Mr. Mahmud Tukur, he asked me to look for a reliable foreign company/individual that can receive on his behalf the sum of fifty-five million U.S dollars only (US$55,000,000.00) which is in our bank and has not been investigated by the security agents, most of his bank accounts with other banks has been frozen by the Government and security agents in Nigeria except this account with our bank.

If accepted to help Mr. Mahmud Tukur in this regard, what we need to do very fast is to change the bank account names/particulars to your own and effect transfer immediately to your bank account in your country without any further delay.

There is no risk in this transaction as we here in the bank will do all the documentations that will move the said funds out of this country without the government knowing.

If you are interested to help him, kindly respond immediately through my email to enable us proceed in earnest.

Be informed that there is no risk whatsoever in this deal, only you have to keep it secret and confidential because of his personality sake. You will be highly compensated as you are going to be the manager of the aforesaid funds until the final disbursement of the funds.

Looking forward to your urgent reply.

Respectfully Yours

Philip Sawadogo
Barclays Bank Plc,
London, United Kingdom.

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