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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: mrs.audu.aisha@gmail.com
Reply-To: aisha.audu@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:46:07 -0000
Subject: Transaction /Hotel Investment




Transaction /Hotel Investment

Hello Sir,

I am Mrs Aisha Abubakar Audu from Northern Sudan married late Hon. Prince
Abubakar Audu Former Governor Of Kogi State Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I have the intention to invest in a hotel in your country or any other
lucrative business that will be of good profitable to me at the end of the
investment in your country.I have Consignment Fund Box Valued
(US$5,000,000.00 ) united states dollars deposited by my late husband
with Gold-Link Security Company.

After the death of my late husband Hon Prince Abubakar Audu, the
Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC who died on
Sunday, 22nd November, 2015. with a brief illness.The new president of
Federal republic of Nigeria Muhammad Buhari instructed Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC to froze all our banks account here in
Nigeria and outside the country together with all our investments.

If you are interested on handling this transaction/Investment on my behalf
you have to make it top secret between me and you to avoid second party
from hearing about our business to avoid EFCC from knowing about this
US$5,000,000.00 ) deposit with Gold-Link Security Company because if they
do it will be confiscated the same way they did to previous once,i will
give you 30% of the total sum for your assistance and 70% will be use for
my investment in your country home.

Kindly furnish me with your complete information's to enable us proceed
enable release the contact information were the fund is been deposited for
safekeeping.

Sincerely,

Mrs Aisha Audu Abubakar
Late Hon.Audu Wife
E-Mail:Aisha-audu@outlook.com

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