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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: ROSELINE OBASEKI <roselineobaseki@e1.ru>
Reply-To: roselineobaseki@1email.eu
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:23:22 +0000
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 Abubakar Abbas and
his email address is abubakar@emailn.de 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
(obasekiroseline@qip.ru).

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Roseline Obaseki.

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