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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: "Yusuf Olaolu Ali" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yola_olu001@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 07:26:06 -0400
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary

Ref: CBN/IRD/TLX/03/144
Attention: Beneficiary
 
Re: Payment instruction to credit your account with the sum of US$10,000,000.00
 
We have announced, and this is to know if you have received your fund
which gazetted for this Final quarter payment of the year 2014.
 
Mean while, a woman has already wrote to my office and forwarded claim
information to this fund and she forwarded an application for transfer
of the fund on your behalf,claiming to be your representative.
 
Here are the information's she submitted for the transfer of the fund:
 
Name MRS. JENNIFER MORISON.
Bank name: CITI BANK OF NEW-YORK.
Account number: 6503809428.
 
Please, do re-confirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this
woman is truly from you as the federal finance dept or our bank / my
office will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account.
 
The reserve bank governor, executive, board of directors and the senate
committee on foreign over due contract/Inheritance or compensation fund
has approved and issued immediate payment instruction to Central Bank Of
Nigeria through the office of the director, international remittance, to
handle and transfer of all foreign contract/Inheritance or compensation
funds this First quarter payment schedule of the year January 2014.
 
However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said
MRS. JENNIFER MORISON, if we do not hear from you within the next 4
working days from today; and this fund will be transferred to the
account of JENNIFER MORISON.
 
Meanwhile, you are advice to get back to my office immediately with the
requested details to enable us have your correct details to wire your
fund:
 
1. Your full name:...........
2. Your telephone numbers:....
3. Your full home address:.....
4. Any for of Identification
5. Bank Name:....................
6. Bank account details
7. Account name:.....
8. Your Age..............
9. Your Current occupation
 
This payment will be remitted directly into your designated bank
account as soon as you confirm to this office that you did not send the
above name to claim your fund on your behalf, all legal documents
relating to this fund shall be subjected for authentication at the
federal high court once you confirm to us that you did not send MRS.
JENNIFER MORISON as your local representative.
 
Awaiting your response.
 
Yusuf Olaolu Ali (S.A.N)
Principal Partner, Yusuf Ali & Co.
2nd Floor Suite WW4,
Tafawa Balewa Complex,
Lagos
Victoria Island

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