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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: Ahmadu Ali <AhmaduAli@mail.ru>
Reply-To: <infons@mailbox.hu>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 02:58:24 -0400
Subject: For Your Kind Attention

For your kind attention
 
Sir
 
First and foremost let me start by introducing my name as Senator Ahmadu Ali ,I am a member of the People’s democratic party of Nigeria: PDP presidential  campaign  organization .My purpose of contacting you is that Nigeria has just concluded their election, unfortunately  my party despite being the ruling political party lost the election  to the opposition party during the recently concluded election ..You however ought to understand that most of the time, whenever a leading political party loses   an election to the opposition it is apparent that the incoming administration must probe the outgoing of financial irregularities and maladministration 
 
 
As a result of this development there were funds mapped  out for the campaign by the government  which I used my position to deposit in a finance security  company in Madrid ,but now that the campaign has come to an end  unfortunately my party lost the election  Thus I want to seek your cooperation and partnership to claim this fund if you will assure me of the needed trust.
 
 
In the event of the above if you can willingly accept to partner with me after reading my proposal by assuring me that you will not betray the confidence am about reposing on you then kindly get back to me by return mail to enable us discuss on the sharing ratio and thereafter I will give you the contact information of the Spanish finance security company to enable you contact them for the fund claim.
 
Looking forward to your prompt response
 
Yours truly,
 
Senator Ahmadu Ali

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