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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: "Abdul Alli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aali94375@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:56:07 -0700
Subject: RE: LETTER FROM YOUR FRIEND...23/10/2014

NOTE:
Please this is genuine intention and not any of those scam mails and if you feel you are not interested kindly delete it or feel free to ask any question and I will be willing to answer you accordingly.
 
 
From:- Abdul Alli
Dear Sir:
 
 
I am Abdul Alli, a close confidant to the late Nigeria Head of State - General Sani Abacha. I will like to intimate you of a business request that could be of great benefit to both of us and at the same time building a cordial business relationship.
 
 
You might have heard a lot of stories about the Late Sani Abacha family in Nigeria. The family has suffered so much persecution in the hands of the successive  government after the death of the Late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha. The government has frozen all the known bank account that belongs to the family both within and outside Nigeria. Even some fraudsters/scammer have capitalize on the Abacha's family misfortune to dupe a lot of people by pretending to be acting on behalf of family to solicit for help.
 
 
There was so much  threat to my life by the successive government because of my closeness to the Abacha family that I have to go underground.  I have been in the United Kingdom for some time now monitoring events as regards the Abacha's family and a lot of the family's account have so far been frozen and the fund repatriated back to Nigeria only for the present government to embezzle it, infact this really causes some rift between the present government and the World Bank recently.  In order not to bogged you down with too much stories, there is a particular fund that was kept with a security company in Switzerland  which nobody can trace and it is on this basis that I am
now seeking your consent on behalf of the Abacha family to assist receive and utilize this money very well.  All this information I am given you are FACT that can be substantiated.
 
 
On the receipt of your consent, I will arrange a phone conference between you and the widow of the late Sani Abacha, Dr Mrs Maryam Abacha. Considering the witch-haunting that has been mounted on the family, I will implore you to keep this transaction very confidential and do not allow the negative propaganda that has been spread about the family becloud your reasoning as regards this transaction. But if for any reason you are not interested, do not hesitate to let us know, and also feel free to ask any question as regards this transaction and we will be willing to explain to you.
 
 
I will be expecting your urgent response.
 
 
Regards.
 
 
Abdul Ali
Email:- aali94375@gmail.com
Abdul-alli@meta.ua

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