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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: "Hon. Dr. Adeniji Oluyemi" <olu.adeniji@yahoo.it>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 19:59:38 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: ACT AS OUR FRONT TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FOR OUR JOINT INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.




 
Dear Sir,

Re: ACT AS OUR FRONT TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FOR OUR JOINT INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I am Hon. Dr. Adeniji Oluyemi, former Foreign Affairs Minister. I have been advised by the Finance Minister to contact you to act as front to transfer the sum of ($70.5million) (SEVENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) into your account for our joint investment in your country.The fund is deposited with a Private Bank in Europe.

Be informed that this funds emanated from the ghost names being used by some officials of the contract committee unknown to the government, but was discovered during my joint Auditing with the finance Minister, and the finance Minister advised me to contact you to act as our front to transfer out the funds to your account for our joint investment in your country, because we can not touch the funds here or transfer the funds into our local account, because of the current probe going on in the country now.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. All I require is your honesty and your co-operation to enable us see this deal through. The confidentiality of this deal will be highly respected.

We will have the share of 65% and you will have 35% for your assistance.

PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH YOUR FULL DETAILED INFORMATION FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

I await to hear from you urgently for more detail, as time is no longer on our side.

With regards,
HON. DR ADENIJI OLUYEMI

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