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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: "Turku Mobolaji-Johnson." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akins2008@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:48:09 +0100
Subject: GOOD INTENT LETTER.

Dear Sir/ Madam,
 
Have you over the years maintained cordial banking relationship with your bankers? can you receive US$30M in your bank account without the authorities raising eyebrows? I am an ethnic conflict Analyst by training, and as a freelance interpreter, I also work as a native mediator. Please, do not discredit my proposition because of the manner it came to you; In lack of better options due to time constraint, I decided to adopt this channel to solicit for your assistance in my unfinished venture.
 
It was a 'fight of tooth and claw' between my counterparts from the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) that arbitrated on the compensatory-bid offered to five (5) local tribes in the oil rich Niger-Delta region. I led the council of prime ministers from the mentioned five (5) local tribes in a peace dialogue over the degradation of their ancestral-lands by oil spills as a result of the exploratory activities of the three giant Crude Oil exploration companies In the Sub Saharan. I must disclose to you that the US$30M emanated from my insertion of an extra Damages Claim by which the grand total of funds the appropriated is being inflated as a result of which the stated amount is now outstanding.
 
The appropriated funds have been scheduled for disbursement as payment for PAIV-batch 'C' category is first on the payroll. I seek your assistance to enable me extract and warehouse the outstanding US$30M in your bank account for safe-keep. I am willing to nominate you as the aquaculturist whose Damages Claim I had earlier imputed in the losses filed among other industrialists who were wreaked by the menace of Oil spillages. All logistics have been carefully mapped out for a hitch free transaction. Please, provide your phone number so we could discuss your remuneration and the modality of this transaction upon receipt of your positive reply.
Thanks in anticipation, I look forward to rearing from you at your earliest convenience.
 
Best Regards,
M.J Turku.

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