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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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Fraud email example:

From: Paul Gbenga Oyebode <rev.aua11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: access.fin.ng0234@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:42:30 +0100
Subject: From Paul.

My dear good friend,

Sir,


I decided to contact you for a very nice and lucrative deal which would
benefit you and me. Can you kindly assist me to claim $8million USD? If you
are in a better position to handle this deal, you will be compensated with
25% of it while the remaining 75% goes to me. This fund was secretly
deposited into a coded account by my senator friend whose tenure in
government/office expired on the 29th of May, 2015. As you may have been
aware through the media (CNN OR VOA), a new democratically elected
government, headed by Mr. Mohamadu Buhari has taken of the affairs of this
Nation on the 29th of May, 2015.

Due to the high level of corruption in this country especially financial
recklessness, President Mohamadu Buhari has vowed to put an end to this
madness. Of course the previous governments in this country had siphoned
trillions of dollars while the common man and the children are dying of
hunger and starvation. To this end, the present government has recently
constituted a panel of inquiry to recover the stolen funds. My senator
friend was a member of senate committee on natural resources (crude oil) in
the senate while in office. As a matter of fact, Nigerian government and
her people survive by enormous wealth that comes from crude. It was from
this committee that my senator friend acquired this $8million USD. As at
this moment, the fund is still lodged in the coded account, and now he has
mandated me to source for a trusted Australian to handle this deal. In
African continent, we see your people (citizens of your country) as clean
and trusted people and we believe in them, hence my decision to contact you.

We want this deal concluded within one week and on behalf of my senator
friend, I hope and trust that you will handle this deal very perfectly. My
friend and I have secretly perfected plans to sneak into Australia
immediately the funds are wired into your personal or company's account, to
meet you for disbursements. My friend also told me in confidence that he
would like to go into real estate business in Australia but this has to be
under your guidance and authority. Attached is the photograph of the part
of the cash during the time when the fund was brought into my bank at an
odd time in the night.

Sir, do you have a good bank account for this purpose and are you in a
better position to handle a deal of this magnitude? PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL
AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL. BUT KINDLY KEEP THIS MATTER VERY
CONFIDENTIAL.

sincerely your,

--
Mr. Gbenga Paul Oyebode
Director of Finance,
Access Bank Plc.,
1665, Oyin Jolayemi Street
Victoria Island.
Nigeria.
Telephone: +234-814-582-5937

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