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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: "Karl Bob" <millerrussel717@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <millerrussel919@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:25:11 -0000
Subject: Business Proposal

I am under direct instruction from General Dasuki (Rtd), and one of
his defense attorneys spoke very good words about your honesty, trustworthy and good standing to him, although we never disclosed to this attorney about this business because General considers it a top secret project and we also know that this attorney has western links and there might be possibility of a leak of information if we let him in on this. Please
as a gentleman of good standing allow me not disclose names until you meet my representative after we complete project.

Here are the complete details, read it carefully and reply immediately.
I would like to ask for your partnership in re- profiling funds over US$450 million
Before I am able to give out the information that will enable you access confidential data-pages of the Dasuki investment portfolio in the bank account in Gibraltar, I would need some information as follows:
(1) What is your net worth?
(2) If you have problems, do they affect the
activities you undertake with us as an individual
rather than a corporate entity?
(3) Have you handled large funds, and successfully?
(4) Can you travel out within short notice
of say three days?

All the answers will be kept very confidential. I must explain why we are asking these questions: If you do have existing profile problems, we may end up inheriting your backlog thus creating a problem where none exist. We intend to liquidate a large cash deposit and take the capital appreciation derived to re invest under your management.

However, if you do have issues prior to this, it puts anything you do in the light, and thus puts us in uncomfortable situation. As you see, our assets overseas and here in Nigeria are frozen and while we have excess of USD500 Million lying out there un used. we are unable to liquidate or use them due to the Generals incarceration.
Meanwhile, the government is selling our core subsidiaries to their cronies,leaving our only hope for financial recovery to that money out there .

The funds I seek your assistance to claim is part of the money given to the General to procure Arms and ammunitions by the last democratic regime. Hence I shall provide you with an input as an entity with no history to the Arms procurement exercise but only as a management consultant. Everybody must be safe now and in the future, hence the questions. I am sure you know of our predicaments presently, this is why we need your help.

We need funds from this portfolio to follow up the court trials of the General to ensure he gets freedom at any cost and we cannot get the funds on our own without arousing the government spys.To avoid this we need to completely re-profile the funds from its deposit place to your names. The complete amount available for you for re profiling is presently over $500m and the 5% of this will be yours for your trustworthy participation.

The new beneficiaries of the portfolio, YOU will now need to communicate with the Security Deposit Office, overseas to offset the back taxes and move the funds online over the internet through a dedicated confidential bank access that you have and trust. We will need your company identity to replace that of the General (as the depositor/recipient) and consequently instruct for the re profiling of the portfolio accordingly, I am willing to let you access the investment porfolio online (bank account access) if you indicate that you can be trusted enough to keep the information to yourself as a secret. If all works well and we have a perfect agreement signed and sealed, then I will give you a "code" to communication for subsequent emails and discussions.

And as we proceed, I shall provide you with details of where you will lodge our part of the money after you have removed your 5% as agreed.

I will also suggest you visit these news sites on the internet to be better informed about this project.
Thanks

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