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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: "Andrew Yakubu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrekubu@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:05:02 -0700
Subject: GET BACK TO ME ASAP

CONFIDENTIAL
 
Dear Sir,
 
Good day and compliments. This letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go  a long way to determine the future and continued existence of my family.
 
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Yakubu Ex-NNPC GMD, the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).My ordeal started immediately after the last PDP administration failed to retain power and lost to the opposition party APC in my country , and the subsequent take over of government by this administration. The present democratic government has portrayed all my good work in a bad light and have gone as far as confiscating all our  assets, properties, freezing our accounts both within and outside Nigeria. As I am writing this letter to you,the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 3rd February, 2017 confiscated in my house the sum of $9,772,800 (Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Seven Two Thousand, Eight Hundred United States Dollars) and another sum of £74,000 (Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling) cash which i kept in fire proof safe . All these measures taken by present government is just to ga in international recognit
 
I and the entire members of my family have been held incommunicado since the the new government took over power hence I seek your indulgence to assist me in securing the only funds left for us  . We are not allowed to see or discuss with anybody. Few occasions I have tired traveling abroad through alternative means all failed.
 
It is in view of this I have mandated Mike Adams, who has been assisting the family to run around on so many issues to act on behalf of the family concerning the substance of this letter. He has the full power of attorney to execute this transaction with you.
 
We have funds amounting to $12.5M  ,£1.8 M and €2.3M, kept in a security company here specially preserved and well packed in trunk boxes of which only my husband and I know about. It is packed in such a way to forestall just anybody having access to it. It is this sum that I seek your assistance to get out of Nigeria as soon as possible before the present civilian government finds out about it and confiscate it just like they have done to all our assets.This was deposited in a security /Finance company here that has affiliates offices in Europe,Asia and USA.
 
Kindly contact me urgently and i will forward it to have our family  attorney, Barrister Mike Adam to contact you right away.
 
Please respond with  your details,address and telephone numbers to commence the transaction to enable him contact you ,so that the funds can be moved to your address and changed to your names to avoid confiscation by our Government .It may also interest you to know that the security does not know the contents of the boxes as they were declared personal effects.
 
Expecting your urgent response.
 
Yours Truly,
Andrew Yakubu
Ex-NNPC GMD.
 

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