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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: "Honorable Prince Abubakar Audu" <mr-adelola-agbebiy@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hon-abubakar-Audu@politician.com
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 09:06:27 -0500
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST IN HOTEL BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY


>From The Disk Of Honorable Abubakar Audu
Ex-Governor Of Kogi State in Nigeria
Tel Cell Phone:+2347035654806


My Dear Brother,

I am Honorable Prince Abubakar Audu the Ex-Governor of Kogi State in
Nigeria,i have been declared wanted by Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC in my country home here in Nigeria.

I have been accused for 4Billion fraud from my Government which i did
not commit such crime when i was in service as the Governor of Kogi State
in Nigeria,my enemies just want to reduce me from my level because i
decided not to listen to the so called my Godfathers because am no longer
in service again and money is no more coming like when i was in service
as the -Governor of Kogi State in Nigeria and they all refuse to
understand that things are no longer like before.

These are the reason while they after me this time,my Godfathers are the
people that made me Governor of Kogi State which i recognizance each and
everyone of them and also fulfill all the agreement that i reach with them
base on how much i will be paying to each and every one of them
immediately Allocation arrived to Kogi State treasuring account which i
always work on our agreement of sharing what ever thing that comes out
from the state account after paying my House Members and all the workers
from state government to local government level in Kogi State.

My Godfathers are the people that reported me to Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC in my country home here in Nigeria because i told
them that am no more in service and our agreement has end the day my tenor
end as Governor of Kogi State and the refuse to understand.

I did not commit what others have not committed before,yes i make
Billions of dollars when i was in service which every Governor in my
country Nigeria did they same thing also,i see no reason my own become a
crime because i refuse to let the so call my Godfathers to make me poor in
life.

During my service as Governor of Kogi State every others Governors like me
have investments all over the country and they all also move money from
bank to another outside Nigeria which we all knew our self's.

My dear let me cutoff the story.I deposited the sum of (US$50,000,000,00)
United states dollars into Security Company outside my country when i
was in service as Governor of Kogi State.

I want you to stand on my behalf as my partner to claim this money out
from the Security company before EFCC get to know about this fund.

If you are interested on handling this transaction on my behalf,i will
give you 30% of this money 60% will be for me while 10% will be for any
kind of expense that may accord in process of receiving the fund from the
Security company where this money was deposited by me.

I want to move the money out from the Security company to any Near by
country because Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC must surely
get hold on me one good day and if they do they will get the document of
this fund deposited outside Nigeria which they will confiscate it ,as
they have already froze all my accounts here in my country home Nigeria
and Ten others accounts outside my country together with all my Foreign
investments outside the country.

Immediately i receive your respond to this mail i will link you to my
Lawyer to enable you communicate with him direct which he will fly to
your country home to meet you face to face for the investment because i
want to go into Hotel business in your country home with my own 60% Share
as soon as the money to you.


Thanks And May Allah bless

Honorable Abubakar Audu
Ex-Governor of Kogi State In Nigeria
Tel Cell Phone:+2347035654806


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