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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: "MRS. ROSELINE OBASEKI" <roselineobaseki@e1.ru>
Reply-To: roselineobaseki@smtp.ru
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:07:45 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS ROSELINE OBASEKI




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From; Mrs. Roseline Obaseki

Dear Sir,

I presume this letter will come to you as a surprise, but as things
unfold, we will know each other better. I will start by introducing myself
to you.

I am Mrs. Roseline Obaseki, the wife of Chief Jackson Gaius Obaseki, the
recently retired Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I pray that you will be of a great
assistance after going through this letter.

For many years of marriage with my husband, I did not give birth to
anychild and this has really affected my marriage to a great extent. As a
result of the respect given to local custom and tradition here in Nigeria,
my husband was forced to marry another woman, thereby breaking my marriage
with him and I have no option than to divorce him.

I am now left without a husband after many years of marriage, hence I am
seeking for your urgent assistance and help, which I know will go a long
way in helping my situation. I want to move the sum of (US$25.5M) into
your custody for safe keeping and investment purposes, pending my arrival
in your country or anywhere we may agree to meet. The said amount was
given to me by my husband as accrued gratification from some Foreign Oil
Companieshe helped in getting Allocation for the Drilling of Crude Oil in
Nigeria. My husband subsequently gave this money to me to keep.

As a civil servant, my husband was not allowed to be seen with huge sums
of money, hence he left the money in my custody for a long time, to avoid
the eyes of the government security operatives, who are always
investigating retiring civil servants. Following my present predicament, I
discussed with a close sister who introduced an idea to me. She adviceed
me to use the money for investment abroad.

Then, I neatly packed the money in Two Trunk Boxes tagged Diplomatic
Documents and Film Materials (PERSONAL EFFECTS). I then deposited the
boxes in a security/finance company for safekeeping in January 2003. The
security company does not know the actual contents of the boxes. This I
did for security reasons as the deposit documents read: Two Trunk Boxes
containing Film Materials and Diplomatic Documents.

I am actually aware that some top government officials in Nigeria used to
send money to their foreign partners outside the country for investment in
confidence, hence I embacked on this. Now, the little money I am using for
my personal expenses has finished, resulting to my need for your urgent
assistance. I want to process the release of the funds from the security
company to you immediately. This will enable me come over to meet with you
for the good purpose of investment. I have special interest for investment
abroad because of the technological differece. Meanwhile, I can only have
access to the money when it is taken out of the Security Company and
ofcourse out of Nigeria.

Please indicate your interest to help me in this situation. Be informed
that this money is not associated with Drug or Money Laundering. It is
also not connected with Looted funds because it was given to my husband as
appreciation
for the job well done. Therefore the funds are not questionable and there
is no risk attached to it, hence the source of funds is clean and clear.

Please kindly make up your mind to help me so that I can direct you on how
to proceed with the Security Company, who will get the funds release to
you on my behalf. You would only need to inform the Security Company that
you are my business associate and that you are receiving the boxes to
study the contents and develop on them.

Note that my husband will not raise any alarm because the eyes of the
government are on him and beside, the deposit documents were issued in my
name and are in my possession now. Inshort, he has used the money to
settle me! For
now, it is only I and my personal lawyer that is aware of this matter. I
will allow my lawyer to take over this communication when I have agreed
with you. The name of my lawyer is Barrister Isa Bello and his email
address is isabe...@yahoo.com You may even wish to respond directly to
him.

Please Understand that I will be ready to offer you 20% of this money for
your personal assistance and commitment in this transaction while 5% will
be used to settle any expenses that may arise in the process of this
transfer
to you. Also note that this transaction will not last more than 14 working
days to be concluded because every arrangement has been put in place. You
can also contact me through my alternative email address
(roseline.obaseki@yandex.com).

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Roseline Obaseki.

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