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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: SHEHU YAHAYA <director.shehuyahaya@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 11:39:20 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!CAN YOU BE HONEST TO ME???

From:Dr:Shehu Yahaya( Director of Finance on Foreign Contractors payment
#155/188,Ahmed Bello Way ,federal secretariat
Wuse Zone 2,Federal capital Territory Abuja
Tele:0092348120808879/

Dear Friend

I ‘m Honorable. Shehu Yahaya ,Finance Director on debt Reconciliation
on Foreign contractors payments Representing senate Committee on
foreign debts and financial matters of the of the presidency
monitoring all debts payments release by Apex Bank/
affiliate/correspondence banks or offshore payments centers ,I have
being directed by senate committee on foreign debts and financial
matters, senate committee on Banking and finance ,to bring to your
notice and to your urgent attention on the readiness of the
government to offset all the debts owned to foreign contractors.

This Government knows & understand all the problems/ disappointment
foreign contract or has gone through in trying to claim their
fund/inheritance .Due to what we described as bad handling by
unscrupulous and corrupt erstwhile officials in charge of foreign
contract payment in the past

However, upon assumption of office by this Democratically Elected
Government, series of special meeting were hold home and abroad with
some leader of the World Monetary Institution E. G World Bank Group,
International Monetary fund {I M F} Paris and London club of creditors
European Economic Community {E. E. C.} and envoy’s of our
correspondence of International Bank of settlement worldwide
affiliated with the Apex Bank. The purpose of these special meetings
is to

{I} rebuild Nigeria Economic and rebuild our global image.

{ii} pay all Foreign Debts. In this regards, and due to the good and
positive results we receive from this special meeting a Total sum of
US$15.2 Billion U.S. Dollars have been approved From the supplementary
Budget Bill which was approved by the upper house of assembly recently
to pay all Foreign Contractors whose payment have Been handing since
all government Regime come 2014

In order to show the World Democratic transparent, this Government
assurance to all foreign Contractors 100% that in 72 Banking Hours
their contract Fund will be effected to their nominated Bank Account
upon confirmation of the ownership of such contract sums,

Be informed that my reasons of contacting you is that there was
unclaimed contract sums $65.4m File No: 0634/NNPC:WRF/98 and I have
investigated and verify all process to this unclaimed fund and
confirmed it was an over invoiced amount fixed by past NNPC contract
awarding committees which have no trace to any foreign contractor and
those NNPC officers has left office and there is No way or means any
of them to near this sums for claim as all the beneficiary information
they fixed as oversea beneficiary was no way right but a means to
divert this $65.4m out of government pause /out of the country to
share among themselves, For this I beg you to forward to me all your
personal/bank information to enable us claim this fund hence is been
approved , there is no risk now and after.

If interested you are hereby advised to confirm the below
information for the immediate for within the next 72

Your Full Name,
Your Company’s Name,
Your Address Home/Office
You’re Phone Home/Office/Mobile
Bank Data
Contract Amount:
Contract No:

Note: that Apex Bank of Nigeria or its affiliate/correspondence bank
or offshore payment centers does not have the power to effect any
payment without the due clearance,of any contract file/payment,this is
reasons why you should forward to me your personal/banking coordinates
to enable me use them to perfect all the internal /official process
that will prove you the legal/rightful owner of the amount above and
upon transferred into you’re a/c we will share it
Waiting to hear from you

Yours Faithfully
Dr.Shehu Yahaya

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