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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: "Brr. Morgan Obi" <brr.morganobi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:39:42 -0800
Subject: EXTREMELY URGENT

Dear Friend,

I am Morgan Obi, the former personal secretary to the late Dr.Levi
Ajuonuma, the group public affair division of the Nigeria National
petroleum corporation (NNPC). The late Dr. Levi Ajuonuma flew the ill-fated
Dana airline which crashed on Sunday being the 3rd of June 2012, killing
all the 153 passengers on board including the late Dr. Levi Ajuonuma. See
details for your prior verification.

http://ladunliadi.blogspot.com/2012/06/levi-ajuonuma-dies-in-dana-air-plane.html

Before his death , there was the sum of five million us dollar
($5,000,000) in my account, which my late boss remitted into my account and
had so far directed me to make an arrangement to transfer the said fund
into his personal bank account in Canada for personal uses as he was
approaching retirement era. Indeed, the fund was part of the deduction from
the over inflated Contract sum for Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of various
Refineries in the country and Sum for NNPC over sales accrued fund which
was not submitted to the NNPC ACCOUNT. After his death, I could not
transfer the said fund to a foreign account.

Now, the bank is calling for its audits of dormant funds according to the
Central Bank Law, therefore, I am seeking your help to assist me to have
the fund transferred into your own designated account as you are a
foreigner, because if found out , i will loss the right of the fund because
a civil servant is not rightful to have such amount of fund. Please, I want
you to assist me in carrying out the transfer of the said fund into your
designated bank account on mutual bases and on profitability motive which
is to attract a mutual investment in your country and for the capacity to
have a foundation in the memory of the late Dr. Levi Ajuonuma. The stated
fund is in my account. Note that the aforementioned fund is to be shared as
merited which is to states that 60% will be for me while 30% goes to you
and the remaining 10% will be for the expenses incurred during the
transfer. Note that I am the only person that knows of this as I am was his
personal secretary and I have every documentation for legal backing.

Indeed, you are required to forward to me the following:

1) Your full name and address
2) Your company's name and address (Optional).
3) Your private telephone and fax numbers.
4) The name and address of your Bank for the transfer of the said fund.

Noe that the above information will enable us to communicate adequately and
to commence the transaction as a matter of urgency.

Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Your Faithfully,
Morgan Obi
napims@qq.com

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