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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: un aids <unaids001@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:37:30 +0800
Subject: PLS,ACKNOWLEDGE AND TREAT ACCORDINGLY.

Dear Sir/Ma,

REQUEST FOR YOUR HELP.

First I will like to solicit your confidence in this transaction, this
is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidence and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried but I am assuring you that, all will be well
at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.

Let me start by introducing my self properly to you, I am Mrs. Hajia
Maryam Abacha, and also the wife of late President of Federal Republic
of Nigeria, General Sanni Abacha .I came to know you yesterday when I
came across your profile through internet. I am contacting you for a
confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of
money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. However the
fund was deposited by my Late husband with a BANK herein Nigeria.The
present President have sized all my Husband Properties here in Nigeria
and also frozen all his personal account both in Nigeria and Abroad
with the help of America, British and Swiss Government,now my son is
facing trials by the Human Right Violation Investment Commission,last
month when I went for the commission sitting at Abuja, I was
instructed by my son to look for any Foreign Partner out side Nigeria
who will claim the said fund on behalf of the family.

The Chairman and Members of the Directors of the Bank have promise to
help, arrangement has being made for the fund to be transfer under the
Bank care to any foreign account. In order to maintain this positive
development, I now seek your permission to stand as a Beneficiary so
that the fund US$65.5million will release and paid into your account.
Meanwhile, all Documents and proves to enable you get this fund will
be carefully worked out by the Bank. I am assuring you that this
business is 100% risk free, Your shares stays while the rest be for my
family for investment purpose in your country which will be under you
care.

Please, if you are interested to assist us, you are here by advice to
furnish me your Personal Contacts Via your Residential Address,
Telephone and Fax numbers and your company name to enable me send it
to the bank for the transfer of this fund to your account. As soon as
I receive the acknowledge of receipt of this mail message, I am going
to instruct the Bank to release more information to you, concerning
this transaction.

Thanks, May Allah blesses you.

Mrs. Hajia MARYAM ABACHA
Former First Lady,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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