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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: "Presidential Team" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.presidentialteam@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:28:58 +1100
Subject: FUND STATUS NOTIFICATION


ATTENTION:




We are the new financial management team set up by the new president of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari as the PRESIDENTIAL TEAM to monitor and facilitate the status of people owed by this country because it has been used as a tool to attack the new president at the international level. Therefore we have been mandated to communicate with some of our foreign counterparts who were not paid during the last regime. The President Buhari led government is working fervently to eradicate corruption and other social vices in the nation, hence we appeal to you to get back to us with all your experiences in the past and the amount owed to you for proper direction and guidance of the process of receiving your fund within 48 working hours. Note that this first badge will only pay not more than $10,000,000 as a first payment; this is applicable to clients whose funds are above that level.




Further directives and advice will be made known to you after you get back to us.



Dr Hezekiah Onuoha
Coordinator
Presidential Team
info.presidentialteam@gmail.com

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