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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: "Prof.Yemi Osinbajo {JP}" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <prof.yemi.osinbajo1957@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:03:42 +0100
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN !!!........

DEAR SIR/MADAM,
 
                          TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
 
FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE TODAY BY THE PRESIDENCY ENDORSED BY THE SENATE CONFIRMING ME AS THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, I PROFESSOR YEMI OSINBAJO JP HEREBY WISHES TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT
ALL YOUR BARRIERS HINDERING YOU FROM GETTING YOUR APPROVED FUNDS OVER THIS YEARS BY THE PAST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ARE OVER.
 
THEREFORE GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL DETAILS AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS MESSAGE FOR OFFICIAL/LEGITIMATE DIRECTIVES TO ENABLE YOU RECEIVE THE FUNDS URGENTLY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAYS.
 
SINCERELY,
 
PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO {JP}
ACTING PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

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