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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: "Mr. Paul Mogaji" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.paulmogaji234@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:31:28 -0700
Subject: Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

From the Desk of Mr. Paul Mogaji
Director, Credit Control Unit CBN
Phone-234-7087405306
 
Attn: Honorable Beneficiary
 
Sometimes, I do wonder if you are really, really with your senses. How could you be trusting people and at the end you will lose your hard earned funds, forgive my harshness which was due to the anger burning inside me, or are you being deceive by their big names? They impersonate offices; claim to be Director/Chairman of different offices. There motive have always been  to extort your hard earned money  , they know very well that they are not in the position to pay or release any dime to you rather to steal what you have and leave you with nothing .
 
severally,  you may have received FAKE BANK DRAFT  or Cheque from them , They fabricate wire transfer from impersonated bank  and manipulate payment stop order just to demand money from you , THEY WILL SOMETIMES PROVIDE A BOX FULL WITH BLACK MONEY OR MOST TIMES THEY MONEY WILL BE IN DOLLARS FORM BUT FAKE CURRENCY JUST TO LURE YOU,  IT IS THE MONEY YOU HAVE THEY WILL PUT INTO THE BOX AS ORIGINAL LATER GIVE  YOU SOME MONEY TO SPEND. THEY WILL EITHER ASK YOU TO BRING MONEY FOR CHEMICAL OR A SUBSTANCE THAT WILL BE USED TO CLEAN  STAMPS MARKS PLACED ON THE MONEY.MOSTLY THE RESIDES IN SPAIN, LONDON, INDONECIA, AFRICAN COUNTRIES,BRASIL, HOLLAND, GERMANY E.T.C. THEY WILL MOST TIMES ASK YOU TO BRING A CREDIT CARD WITH A STORY THAT IS A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WHICH AFTER THE MONEY IS CREDITED AND YOU SENT OUT AS THEY INSTRUCTED WHICH  LATER IN THE WEEK OR MONTH S BANK WILL ASK YOU TO RETURN BACK  THE FEE YOU SENT TO THEM BECAUSE IS FRA U, THEY HAVE A WAY OF CREDITING YOUR EQUITY LINE ON CREDIT WHICH IN RETURNS THEY WILL STEEL ROB YOU THROUFGH THAT MEANS. THEY HAVE DONE IT TO YOU SEVERAL TIMES OR WILL YOU DENY IT? HOPE YOU KNOW THAT WHAT HAVE GOOD HAS THE BAD? I WILL SHOW YOU THE GOOD SIDE OF WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH IF YOU PUT YOUR HOPE ON ME.
 
Anyway, by the virtue of my position,  I have been following this transaction from inception and all your efforts TRYING to receive your funds . More often, I sit down and laugh at your ignorance and that of those who claim they are assisting you, it is very unfortunate that at the end you WILL BE THE PERSON TO lose. Although, I don’t blame you since you are not here in Nigeria to witness the processing of your payment release excise .i was the person who deleted your payment information from the Federal Government of Nigeria Payment list making it impossible for you not to receive your funds. i did it because your partners requested MY assistance as the director in charge of payment unit to compute all your payment details into foreign outgoing payment crediting system and I did as agreed but in the end they went behind my back trying to credit their own bank account without knowing that i kept the Hard Disk containing your payment release details,
though you did not offend me rather your criminals partners and their associates scattered all over the world caused this problem due to greed.
 
The problem you are having is that you have not been told the whole truth about this transaction and it is because of this truth they decided to be extorting your money. The most annoying part is even fraudsters have really taken advantage of this opportunity to enrich themselves at your expense. Those people who claimed assisting or working for you are your problems. I know the truth surrounding this payment,  I am the only person who will deliver you from this long suffering if you forget your grievances,  most of them have extorted you for many years with different unimaginable stories. The money in question is still here in the bank reading unclaimed in your name , forget what they are telling you that the money have been moved from here to another country where there associates resides. Most of the numbers they are using are secured through the internet that is while you are deceived and confused.
 
 
Finally, feel free to contact me if only you will stop listening to their unending stories which i believed by now you must have been asking yourself why after  months and years nothing have been paid to you despite all your financial commitment. Why don’t you try another avenue after all this months and years somebody is still telling you all kinds of stories that will never be real. i have set out plans to work your payment original diplomatic or wire transfer which those criminals has used in extorting your hard earned money but we still have the original means of doing that. i am sorry that it took me time to covey this message to you but it is not late since you must defiantly receive your funds if only you will forget those people that is presently deceiving you as see how it will be although you are very bitter and angry at the moment with the whole situation but wipe away your tears because i have changed my mind to relive you of this anger,
your funds are not with any bank overseas as they have contacted you from different countries, you will hear more shocking news if you respond to this message. I will communicate
 
Yours Truthfully
 
Waiting for your call and email,
Mr. Paul Mogaji
Phone-: 234-7087405306
 

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