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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: "Dobrovolska Svitlana" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mirian.headofoperations@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:15:03 +0100
Subject: Information Alert!

International Criminal Police Organization
Organisation Internationale De Police Criminelle
Headquarters: Lyon, France
Agency executives: Dobrovolska Svitlana, President Jürgen Stock, Secretary General.
 
 
Information Alert!
 
From: Dobrovolska Svitlana
 
Attention :
 
Dear Sir/Madame,
 
My names are Dobrovolska Svitlana. I am a French Citizen and The Secretary General of International Criminal Police Organization working under President Jurgen Stock. View my attached Working ID Card for your verification and confirmation of my true identity.
 
I was sent by my boss (President Jurgen Stock) to come to Nigeria here Wednesday on the invitation of the Nigerian President (Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo) due to the purported death of the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
 
Since my arrival on Wednesday, we have been having series of secret meetings with the Vice President of Nigeria, The Finance Minister of Nigeria, Senate President,Chief Judge of the Federation of Nigeria, Chief Speaker of the Federal House of Representative, Accountant General and the Paymaster General of the Federation of Nigeria as instructed by IMF Director Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde and the new UN Secretary General António Guterres.
 
In the meeting which we resumed on Thursday, we discussed extensively on the rate some governors and ministers are looting money from the Nigerian Treasury since they suspected that President Buhari has died despite the efforts of the Presidency and the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria to cover it up till everything is put in place before the public announcement of the death of President Buhari.
 
Meanwhile, another issue that cropped up in the meeting, was the issue of rate of scam that is being committed in Nigeria at intervals by the Nigerian scam syndicates and how the victims of such scams should be compensated. It was generally agreed by all parties present that any scan victim confirmed by the Microsoft Internet Scam Monitoring Group must be paid a compensation amount of $1,500.000.00 ($1.5M) cash.
 
Congratulations, Microsoft Internet Scam Monitoring Group has just confirmed you and other 66 scam victims to be paid of this compensation and the Federal Government of Nigeria has made available the total sum of $100,500.000.00 to be paid to sixty seven of you.
 
Honestly, my time is very limited so I advise you confirm to me if you accept this $1.500.000.00 and forget all your illegal dealings with these Nigerian scam syndicates. You don't have any money any where expect this approved compensation fund.
 
Lastly, attached with this message is the picture of the total cash of $100,500.000.00 that has made available by the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria and my official ID Card for your perusal and confirmation.
 
Reply urgently if interest for time is no longer on my side.
 
Thanks and congratulations.
 
Yours in Service.
Dobrovolska Svitlana.

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