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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: Momoh Abati <mommohabati@gmail.com>
Reply-To: momohabatti@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 22:29:37 +0800
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL

My Names is Momoh Abati, a cousin to Dr.Reuben Abati, Senior Special
Adviser (Media and Publicity) to Formal President Goodluck Jonathan
GCFR, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I pray this letter meet you
in good health, I was directed to contact you by Dr. Abati based on
the confidentiality of this letter, as you may know, Goodluck Jonathan
lost the March 28, 2015 presidential election to New President
Muhammadu Buhari. Since Formal President Jonathan lost election to the
opposition APC candidate General Buhari, there has been confusion
everywhere as the outgoing administration is afraid that the New
administration of President Buhari will probe all sectors of the
economy including the controversial missing $20billion Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) fraud, which the Minister of
Finance Dr (Mrs). Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke could not provide adequate
answer to address the conflicting reports from various authorities.

As a result of this development, Dr. Abati, instructed me to seek your
partnership in a confidential funds transaction, which Goodluck
mandated him to transfer out of Nigeria, hence there is a possibility
that the New administration of President Buhari will probe him, and
should in case that happen, then part of the said funds will be used
to pay attorney fees and other expenses, which may occur during the
prosecution, while the rest amount will be invested into lucrative
businesses in your country. The total of $250mln USD has been
successful moved by myself as the special agent therefore i seek your
partnership and cooperation to receive this fund and invest it in a
lucrative business.

I respectfully request That You treat the content of this letter as
privileged and respect the integrity of the information you come by as
a result of this correspondence. If you are interested to partner with
us in this urgent transaction, please kindly provide me with your
mobile telephone number so that we can discuss more of this issue and
move into action immediately.

Sincerely,

Momoh Abati
Special Agent

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