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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!

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From: "Bar. Daudu " <ahmed0001@tosokchon.kr.tn>
Reply-To: <j_williams991@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 15:31:51 +0100
Subject: Please read and get back to me

Dear sir,

My name is Barrister Daudu Ahmed the private attorney to colonel Sambo Dansuki rtd, the embattled former National sucurity adviser to former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who was defeated in march 28, 2015 presidential election which brought into power General Muhamadu Buhari rtd. who has vowed to recover every stolen loot in the last administration of president Godluck Ebele Jonathan,True to his words more than 50 political stalwaths of the opposition party which is the peoples democratic party (PDP) was arrested by the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) who invesstigated them and charged them to court for various offences of fraud but since my client was arrested over two months ago , the court has granted him bail with difficult conditions to meet that is why he is still in prison costudy.
Though colonel Dansuki owned up that he was given $2.1 billion dollars for the procurement of arms to fight the Insurgent called Boko Haram but was later diverted for campain for the president second tenure in office which he lost to the present president Buhari. My client colonel Sambo Dansuki has asked me secretly to look for a foreign partner who will help us receive and invest the money in any country of his choice on his behalf.

He told me he deposited $67 million in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
$48 million dollars in Accra Ghana, west Africa, $125 million United stated dollars in South Africa and $26 million dollars in Europe.

Please if you have good intent to help him secure and invest the money kindly respond to this urgently so that I can give you all the receipts of deposit and all necessary documents. All these monies he got legally as a retired colonel in the Nigeria army, also as the National Security Adviser to the former president Goodluck Jonathan and his inheritance from his father who was the Sultan of the Sokoto caliphate in northern Nigeria.

Best regards,

Barrister Daudu Ahmed.

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