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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. Babachir David Lawal." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sediacon8k@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 19:11:39 -0500
Subject: Good Morning....

Good Day,

I am Babachir David Lawal secretary general to Federal republic of Nigeria. I was appointed by new Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari. Over six months in the office I have been going through all the files of past president GoodLuck Ebele Jonathan and I find out that there was huge amount of money that he deposited in a fix deposit account in Central Bank Of Nigeria. (CBN).

I have contacted the central bank governor and he confirm to me that the sum is there and is $6.8 Million (Six Million Eight Hundred Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) So with the power restrung to me as the secretary general of federal republic of Nigeria I am here by contacting you for this claim. If you can assure me your sincerity I will like both of us to work as a team and get the fund push to you.

Finally, If you are interested I will only advise you to contact me via this email address: (sediacon1k@gmail.com ) for more details.

Regards,
Mr. Babachir David Lawal.
Secretary General to Federal republic of Nigeria.

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