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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: "Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar" <reza@jamunagroup-bd.com>
Reply-To: abubakardikkomuhammed@yahoo.cn
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:32:44 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: A REPORT ON YOUR DEALING WITH IMPOSTORS VIA THE INTERNET.




FORCE HEAD QUARTERS
LOUIS EDET HOUSE
SHEHU SHAGARI WAY
P.M.B 266ABUJA, NIGERIA
EMAIL : info@nigeriapolice.org

MOTTO : TO SERVE AND PROTECT WITH INTEGRITY
FROM THE DESK OF MUHHAMED DAHIRU ABUBAKAR
NSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CABLEGRAM: NPFIGMOK
TELEPHONE :+234-818-870-1326

Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

A REPORT ON YOUR DEALING WITH IMPOSTORS VIA THE INTERNET.

I received a report from the EFCC and the American embassy here in Nigeria
concerning your dealings with some impostors who have been contact with
you and extorting or trying to extort money from you using the names of
cream of the Nigerian society. I am very sorry for any inconvenience that
these may have caused you and would like to use these medium to assure you
that your fund will be released to you. The EFCC made me to understand
that you have been very co-operative, they forwarded to me the e-mails
that you sent to them and i must tell you at this point that you should
have reported the issue to the Nigeria police before you started complying
to the impostors. Be rest assured that We are on top of the situation and
those involved in this act will be brought to justice.

Your fund will be released to you via the United Bank of Africa (UBA). Mr.
Nnorom Emmanuel is the present director of the UBA. You would be directed
to the UBA for proper verification and clearance as soon as you respond to
this email.

Please get back to me with the bellow personal information for
verification purpose:

Full Name............................
Country of Origin....................
Country of residence .............
Age ......................................
Occupation..........................
Marital Status..................
Present contact address.....
Direct Telephone number...
Scanned copy of drivers license..
Scanned copy of work Id....

As soon as i receive the above information from you, you will be directed
to the United Bank of Africa (UBA) director for the release of your fund.
Note that the total sum of $8million will be released to you as soon as we
make our verification that you are who you say you are and that the
information which you gave us is correct.

Yours in service,
Muhammed Dahiru Abubakar ,
Inspector General Of Police.

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