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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: "Dr. Adesuwa Abati" <romfiles66@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefile02@myself.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:37:46 +0100
Subject: From Dr. Adesuwa Abati

My Dear Friend,

My name is Dr. Adesuwa Abati, a cousin to Mr. Reuben Abati, Senior
Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to ex-President Good luck
Jonathan GCFR, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I pray this letter
meets you in good health. I was directed to contact you by Dr. Abati
confidentially through this letter, as you may know; ex-President Good
luck Jonathan lost the recently concluded March 28, 2015 presidential
election to President Muhammadu Buhari. Since the loss of the election
to the opposition APC candidate President Muhammadu Buhari, there has
been probable fear everywhere as the out gone administration is
rightly anticipating the current administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari intends to probe all sectors of the economy including the
controversial missing $20billionUSD Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) fraud, which the Minister of Finance Dr Mrs. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani
Alison-Madueke could not provide adequate answer to address the
conflicting reports from various Investigating
authorities.http://domacnews.blogspot.com.ng/2015/09/buharis-fight-begins-freezes-jonathan.html

As a result of this development, Mr. Abati, instructed me to seek your
partnership in a confidential funds transaction, which ex-President
Jonathan mandated him to transfer out of Nigeria, with the possibility
that the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari might
probe him, and should that happen, then part of the said funds will be
used to pay attorney fees and other expenses, which may occur during
such prosecution, while the rest amount will be invested into
lucrative businesses in your country as our partner .Our goal is to be
prepared. Consequently the total sum of $150million USD cash has been
deposited with a security firm through me as a special agent. I
therefore seek your sincere and urgent partnership and cooperation to
move the funds out of the security firm, in furtherance to this; you
will be rewarded with 30% of the $150milion, while 5% will be set
aside to cover all administrative expenses both parties will incur
during this process. Due to the urgency of this transaction, I wish to
repose my trust and confidence on your discreteness and ability in
transaction of this nature.

If you are interested to partner with us and you find this proposal
suitable for you, kindly reply for full details .I will appreciate it
very much, if this proposal is acceptable by you do not take undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you. Conclusively, kindly
provide me with your full information includes your mobile telephone
number so that we can discuss more of this issue and move into action
immediately. You can equally reach me through email correspondences
via my private email: officefile02@myself.com

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Dr. Adesuwa Abati
Special Agent

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