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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: "Capt. Dele Sasegbon" <capt.delesasegbon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:58:28 +0100
Subject: VERY, VERY URGENT BEING AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO YOU

Dear Partnership,


REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP IN RESPECT OF THE
TRANSFER OF US$25,500,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION , FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.


I, on behalf of my other colleagues from different Federal Government of
Nigeria owned parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as regards the
transfer of the above stated amount into your bank account. This fund arose
from the Over-invoicing of various contracts awarded in my parastatal to
certain foreign contractors sometime ago.

We as holders of sensitive positions in our various parastatals, were
mandated by the Federal government to scrutinize all payments made to
foreign contractors, and discovered that some of the contracts they
executed were grossly over invoiced, either by omission or commission. Also
we discovered that the sum of US$33,000.000.00 (Thirty Three Million United
States dollars only) was lying in a suspense account, although the foreign
contractors were fully paid their entitlements after executing the said
contracts. We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount be transferred into
a bank account provided by a reliable, capable and trustworthy foreign
partner, as the code of conduct of Federal Civil Service does not allow us
to operate foreign accounts.

However, we have succeeded in transferring some of the monies.Precisely
US$7,500,000.(Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
into a foreign account in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (South America), but
unfortunately the provider of the account has severed all forms of
communication with us as she has refused to adhere to our earlier mutual
agreement, insisting that the total amount be paid into her nominated bank
account before disbursement will take effect.
We are therefore seeking your assistance based on the balance amount of
US$25,500,000.00 million which can be speedily processed and fully remitted
into your nominated bank account. On successful remittance of the funds
into your account, you will be compensated with 20% of the amount for your
assistance and services. While the balance shall be for me and my
colleagues which we intend to invest part thereof , into any viable
business venture as you may advise in your country.

This transaction is closely knitted and in view of our sensitive positions
we cannot afford a slip. I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk
free. We will avail you with our identities as regards our respective
offices when relationship is fully established and smooth operation
commences.

Please, if this proposal is acceptable to you while sending your reply ask
any question and I will obliged you with more details as required and for
you not to be skeptical .

Please note that the officials involved in this mutual and trusted
transaction are men and woman of high integrities and confidentiality is of
very great importance for security reasons.

Please treat with strict confidentiality and utmost urgency.

Yours truly,
Capt. Dele Sasegbon
Director, General Aviation
Federal Ministry of Aviation
Lagos-Nigeria

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