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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: "Mrs. Michelle V. Bachelet" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michellebahchelet123@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 03:32:42 -0700
Subject: REGARDING YOUR UNPAID FUND

I am  ms. Bachelet Michelle a Chilean citizen working with United Nations Office in New
York but I was assigned to the Nigerian Financial Sectors. I came purposely to check on the
central Bank of Nigeria and the Financial Ministry to know why we have been receiving series
of complaints from foreign contractors and fund inheritors against this country. I have also met with the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and
his Federal Executive members regarding the petitions and complaints about Nigeria but all
claimed ignorant of the accusations labeled against their country.
Right now, as mandated by Mr. Ban Ki Moon and the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, I
have mandated the Nigerian Government to approve an irrevocable compensation amount to all
affected contractors fund inheritors and scam victims who have not received their overdue
payments till date.
We have done balloting of all the email compilation of people that are into this category
provided by the Microsoft Nigeria Internet Monitoring Group MNIMG where your email and that
of other 99 Ninety Nine beneficiaries where picked out of the 2,789 Two Thousand, Seven
Hundred and Eighty Nine emails provided. With this, you are entitled to receive your approved compensation amount urgently from Nigeria without any prejudice.
Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian
Government officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with
a foreigner Mr. Nelson Smith from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund to an
already opened bank account in New York. 
These people have presented the account number to the Nigerian Presidency and claimed that
you gave them the authority to receive this fund on your behalf. Do respond to this message
now and confirm to me if your UN approved compensation should be released to these men as
applied. I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria, so I would like you to urgently
respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund after the
non residential and indigenous Paper Permit fee is settled.
 
Sincerely yours'
Ms Michelle  Bachelet.

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