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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: Adebayo Adegbola <adebayoadegbolaa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:37:18 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

We would like to develop business relations with you by establishing a
trust agreement whereby you shall hold, manage, invest and distribute all
assets received from us in trust and the proceeds there from, under the
term of trust agreement.

I am an & Consultant to an influential politician and currently a Federal
Minister in the Federal Republic of Nigeria who has been able to use his
diplomatic status to move the sum of $40 Million from the oil money
missing you can visit this link for confirmation
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/02/20bn-oil-money-really-missing/

The funds is presently deposited in a private security company for safe
keeping, these boxes of money were air freighted as artifacts and
photographic materials. My client, because of his present status in
government cannot be physically involved in the management of this money;
hence he will do this by way of proxy and fiduciary agent in order to avoid
any probe by present democratic government in Nigeria.

I am requesting your assistance as trusted and reliable friend to help
secure investment programs available. You should be aware that you and your
associate will manage the complete process and escort our fiduciary agent
through the various procedures. If the above is workable for you and your
associates, I would be glad to forward our standard discretionary asset
management agreement for you to look and make any necessary amendment if
any. This agreement, we hope is to ensure the safety of funds and
consolidate the relationship. Prior to handing over the funds to you and
your associates, we hope to arrange for preliminary meeting with where the
original of the agreement will be signed by you and our fiduciary agent/me.

To ensure the success of this transaction it should be handled with utmost
secrecy and confidentiality

I await your urgent response.
Best regard
Br Adebayo Adegbola (SAN)

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