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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fund beneficiary" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mrsaishapresidency0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- paid. contact her on her private e-mail address: mrsaishapresidency0@gmail.com; her direct telephone number in spain now is + (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Daniel Lopez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsaishapresidency0@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 08:13:50 -0400
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ON YOUR PAYMENT
Dear Approved Fund Beneficiary,
I am Daniel Lopez I am a staff under Mr.Godwin Emefiele the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria. Having noticed the
problem with your payment and also what you have spent, I decided to tell you nothing but the truth.
This is a secret information which has not been made known to Federal government. You are hereby advised not to spend a
cent until you make this matter known to the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari.
My former Boss and other Senior Government officials had a meeting where they agreed on how to enrich themselves through
foreign Contractors. If you rely on any Government officials, your payment cannot be actualized because they are all after
contractor’s/ Inheritors money. They even share money collected from contractors every Friday of the week.
Please be informed truly that your fund is not in any other place except in Nigeria now because the First Lady has just recalled all fund back to Nigeria from various Banks because of fraud.
Please do not disclose my identity to any Nigerian for Security purpose; If my Boss happens to know that I am the person that release this information to you, I will definitely lose my job.
Mrs Aisha Buhari uses her position and that of her husband the President Federal Republic of Nigeria to assist contractors and inheritors. Since May 2015; she has helped not less than fifteen Contractors/ inheritors who got paid. Contact her on her private e-mail address: mrsaishapresidency0@gmail.com; Her direct telephone number in Spain now is + 23481-48-3912-45.
Please If you call the First lady (Mrs.Aisha Buhari ) and she ask you how you got her number, Please tell that you got this information through your country’s Embassy in Nigeria. Do not tell her that I directed you to her.
My email is. daniel0lopez@yahoo.com
I wish you all the best,
Daniel Lopez
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