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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: "DR. OLUFEMI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drolufemiena@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:42:38 +1000
Subject: URGENT! URGENT!! URGENT!!

FROM: DR OLUFEMI C. ENA
INTERNATIONAL AUDITOR        
PRIVATE EMAIL: drolufemiena@gmail.com
                                                
Dear Sir,
 
RE: YOUR OUTSTANDING PAYMENT FUNDS
 
Permit me to introduce myself to you.
 
I am an International Auditor. Based on I.M.F special assessment, I am in a special assignment to scrutinize all out going transaction done between the years of 1999 till date, all indebted foreign debts payment both OLD/NEW and all out going funds/transaction from the Apex Banks Accounts/Commercial banks since 1999 till date.
 
This special review is been carried out every 15 years. I have witnessed lots of unpatriotic acts by men of high position concerning payment of foreign debts, lottery claims, indebted funds transfer settlement, ATM Card(s) payment by various institution and lots of more. Several times, allocations were mapped out for settlement of debts and payment, lots of these payments were approved but their funds will never be released to them because some group of men on high shares the money among themselves leaving the concerned beneficiary with nothing but continues spending in pursuit of the payment. Payments like this will never reach the hand of the beneficiaries why because they continuously use them as a means either to loot out funds or to extort money from the concerned beneficiary.  
 
I understand that you have done virtually everything required of you to have your funds transferred into your bank account but all to no avail. I discovered that the Apex bank has blocked your funds transfer in the system and for this reason your payment could not be triggered into your designated bank account as it has been blacklisted for payment by the Apex Bank.
 
However, the fund in question is hovering around the system in the archive. I am willing to help you realize your funds into your bank account if only you will compensate me with 10% of the total funds. To this end, you will raise either a Promissory Note or a Standby Letter of Credit from your bank for my 10% share, thus, this has to be a secret between us considering my delicate position.
 
Seeing that your payment is blacklisted in the system, the only way we can achieve this aim is for you to procure a one way MT103 SWIFT to enable me decode and reprogram your data in the system and trigger the transfer to connect with your bank. As soon as the transfer is successfully done and you confirm the funds in your account with your bank, I will destroy the MT103 SWIFT and clean up the system to avoid any trace.
 
In other for us to proceed in this regard accordingly, kindly confirm your interest and willingness to keep this transaction confidential at all times.
 
Finally, mutual co-operation is highly needed by both of us to enable us perfect this transaction without any hindrance.
 
I urgently await your response.
 
Yours truly,
 
DR OLUFEMI C. ENA
INTERNATIONAL AUDITOR
E-mail:  \drolufemiena@gmail.com
 

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