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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.Victoria Amadi <mrs.veroada@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs.veronicaamadi1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 10:07:42 +0000
Subject: I BELIEVE THIS EMAIL WILL REACH YOU IN GOOD CONDITION.






I believe this email will reach you in good condition.I
know that you might be surprise on this mail but never you had a doubt
on this because all am to tell you is nothing but the truth. I know
that it is against my official duty to release confidential issue like
this to an outsider. There is nothing I can do to help you beside this; I
am taking this bold step because of my belief as a Christian. and also I
understand of what you have been passing through,What
I want to tell you is nothing but about your fund with the Federal
Government of Nigeria, am to let you know that there are a lot forces
working against you right from the last CBN Governor Lamido Sanusi and
the current Governor, Mr. Goodwin Emefiele and other top officials, I
understand that they have been frustrating you by demanding upfront
payment from you constantly, If I tell you that they are using all these
money you sent to them to work against you, you might not believe it.
Mind you that this not a joke and nothing but the gospel truth.Am
here to let you know that there is ways I can assist you to get your
fund without any hesitation/any further delay but take notice, you will
be responsible for the cost of your payment processing fees, if you can
believe me and follow up my instruction to you it is risk ,like I have
assisted one woman from Mexico with it, it worked out though her fund
was US8.5 Million .if you will bear with me the only thing you to do is
to open another bank account , if you can open it in another bank, it
will be nice, but what you have to bear in mind is that you have to
retransfer the fund to another account immediately you confirmed it in
your account, I know why I want it this way.If
you want me to go ahead, let me know and get back to me as soon as you
get this mail, if I make the transfer on this week, it might be next
year march that they will find out and by then, you have retransferred
the fund into another accountGet back to me as soon as possible so that I will be in better position to know what to do.Dr, Mrs. Veronica AmadiKTT Dept CBN.

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