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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Henry Odein Ajumogobia" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <henryodein707@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:55:02 -0400
Subject: Foreign Affairs Minister


>From the Desk of: Hon Mr. Henry Odein Ajumogobia (SAN)
Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Abuja Nigeria

I am Hon. Mr. Henry Odein Ajumogobia (SAN), Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry; my office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and financial institutions in Nigeria concerned with foreign contract/inheritance payments.I am the final signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels, in line with foreign contracts/inheritance settlement. I have before me list of funds, which could not be transferred to some nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as ghost accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc.Your name and email was among the people expecting their funds to be transferred into their account and i have done proper investigation and find out that you did not execute any contract in Nigeria,but people used your name to get approval,but unable retrieve the fund because they want the approved fund transfer out of the country through the back door,but on this note I wish to disclose to you th

MY CONDITIONS
(1) Immediately your receive the total sum at your doorstep, you will pay USD$9M (NINE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) into an account I will provide to you after you have confirmed the fund and crosscheck the total sum to be intact.

(2) This deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be strictly by my personal private email/telephone only, for security purposes, due to my position here as a minster.

(3) There should be no third parties as most problems associated with fund release are caused by your agents and representatives.

(4) I will take the following responsibility, paying for the Flight Ticket,Insurance Cover and the Courier Cost of the Consignment, I will also secure Diplomatic Tag here,which will debar the customs from inspecting the consignment at the point of entry on the arrival of the diplomat in your country,your only duty is to take care of clearing fee of the consignment in your country because immediately the diplomat arrive your country with the shipment he will call you for the clearing to authenticate the shipment.

As soon as i hear from you, I will apply for a cash payment withdrawal voucher in your favor by pulling out the USD$19M out of CBN vault, and have it specially package with a synthetic leather proof and with security feature by inserting it into a diplomatic box and move to your door step as your personal consignment through a trusted diplomat who have been assisting top government officials and some category (A) contractors this way and it safer and we are spending little, because if we are to release the total sum to you through direct Bank to Bank wire transfer it will cost us so much money and time,as you already know most of the bankers here are very corrupt/greedy and we need so many documents to back up the remittance through Bank to Bank wire transfer,because since September 11 attack to World Trade Center and attempt attack to White House by terrorist, any huge transfer of fund above USD$1milion must go through International Monetary Fund organization (IMF) etc and fund transfer documents cost so

The only money you are going to invest in this deal is the clearing fee and that will be in your country not here,i will take care of every expenses here to avoid any delay,I hope you don't reject this great offer and receive this fund for the interest of both party,also understand that free things are many times not precious things,anything that is of value has a price and a person with a poor mind set is always afraid to take risk, i am a very sincere person and cannot afford to waste my precious time in any that will not yield positive result,so i would want you to erase your mind out of anything scam or fraud in this deal, so that you will not miss this great opportunity,as you know opportunity comes like a snail,and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and it is gone and nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

I wait for your swift reply with your Direct Phone Number and your Address where the shipment will be deliver to and please keep this deal to your self alone,business is secret and you must promise me that my own part of the fund will be release to me as agreed as soon as you receive the shipment in your doorstep.

Regards
Mr. Henry Odein Ajumogobia, (SAN)
Foreign Affairs Minister

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