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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: sale
Reply-To: adeboyepeter785@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:37:01 -0700
Subject: my Hello

My Dearest Friend.

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must
come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners.

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must
apologize for barging this message into your mail box without any
formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of it.
With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make
this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance
to me.

I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and
reputable personality to handle this profitable business deal which
involves a huge cash sum of ($ 9,500.000.00) Nine million five hundred
thousand US dollars money in cash in our position.

My name is Peter Adeboye, i am personal assistant to one of the top
ministers under former president Goodluck Jonathan regime here in
Nigeria.

Please see this as a confidential message and let me know whether you
can be of assistance regarding my proposal.
We are to share 80% for we and 20% for you. There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because we will secured everything. I only want you to assist us by receiving this funds in cash.
You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle it personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do.

I really need you to partner with me in this deal to receive this funds in cash,
We cannot transfer these funds to your bank account because we do not
want these funds to be link to anybody account anywhere in the world.

Presently the administration of President Buhari is tracking all
account used by all the bank and the past ministers to transfer money
out of the country.

So because of this, we have made all plans to move our funds without the banks.

Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this
deal, I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your .

If you are capable of being my trusted associate do declare your
consent to me. I am looking forward to hear from you immediately for
further information.

You can call me on my cell phone +234 80.7064.4772.
Your Full Name:...............
Direct Phone:....................
Country.................
Occupation:.....................
Gender:.........
Age:..............
Thank You and Be Blessed.
Regards
Peter Adeboye.
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