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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: "DR. KINGSLEY MOGHALU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drkingsleymoghalu21544@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 18:22:12 +0200
Subject: ATTN: PAYMENT BENEFICIARY

DEAR  FRIEND.
 
LONGEST TIME AND HOW IS FAMILY?. I HOPE EVERYTHING IS OK.
 
AFTER A SERIOUS THOUGHT, I DECIDED TO REACH YOU DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY TO LET YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINALIZE THIS TRANSACTION AFTER PAYING
 
ALL THE FEES AND CHARGES THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED FROM YOU FOR DOCUMENTATION AND CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES. I AM THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, SOME
 
TIME IN THE PAST YOUR  PARTNERS APPROACHED ME THROUGH A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS WITH ONE OF THE MINISTRIES HERE AND REQUESTED THAT I ASSIST THEM CONCLUDE A MONEY
 
TRANSFER DEAL AND WE ALL AGREED.
 
ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY WANTED TO USE THIS STRATEGY TO TRANSFER  THE FUND WHICH THEY ACCUMULATED THROUGH INFLATED CONTRACT AWARDS AND INHERITANCE AND THE MONEY HAS
 
BEEN FLOATING IN THE (CBN) SINCE THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY/BENEFICIARY HAS BEEN FULLY PAID, SO THEY WANTED TO USE YOUR ACCOUNT TO TRANSFER THE SURPLUS OUT OF NIGERIA.
 
WE AGREED THAT ONCE I TRANSFER THE FUND  INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THEN, THEY WILL  GIVE ME 15% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT.WHEN THEY SAW THAT I HAVE DONE THAT AND YOUR NAME HAS BEEN
 
APPROVED AMONG THE LIST OF THOSE TO BE PAID, INSTEAD OF GIVING ME THE AGREED 15% THEY STARTED AVOIDING ME.I IMMEDIATELY DELETED YOUR  NAME AMONG THE LIST OF THOSE TO
 
BE PAID BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN CBN, AND RELEASE OTHER BENEFICIARY'S FUND WITHOUT YOURS.
 
THEY BECAME ANGRY THE MORE WHEN THEY SAW THAT THEIR PLAN DID NOT WORK,AND STARTED BRIBING OTHER OFFICIALS TO GET ANOTHER APPROVAL TO TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOU WITHOUT
 
SUCCESS. APPROVALS ARE FREE, IS IT NOT FUNNY THAT A CONTRACTOR/BENEFICIARY IS BEING ASKED TO PAY FOR APPROVAL WHILE HIS MILLIONS IS HERE WITH US? I AM 100% RESPONSIBLE
 
FOR THE DELAY AND OBSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR BREACH OF CONTRACT. IF YOU DOUBT WHAT I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU, PAY ANY AMOUNT THEY WILL ASK YOU TO PAY NOW, AFTER A SHORT
 
TIME THEY WILL COME UP WITH ANOTHER REASON TO PAY AGAIN AND IT GOES ON AND ON. NOW IF YOU WANT US TO WORK TOGETHER TO CONCLUDE THE TRANSACTION, THESE ARE MY
 
CONDITIONS.
 
(I). I WILL HAVE 30% OF THE MONEY BECAUSE I HAVE THE POWER TO RELEASE THE FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHIN 4 BUSINESS WORKING DAYS WITHOUT ANY DELAY OR INTERFERENCE
 
FROM ANYBODY OR OFFICE. (2). AS YOU HAVE SEEN, IT WILL BE USELESS AND MERE WASTE OF MONEY IF YOU CONTINUE WITH ANY THE PERSON REGARDING THIS PAYMENT  BECAUSE YOU WILL
 
END UP LOOSING MORE OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM. (3).YOU WILL ASSIST ME WHEN I ARRIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY TO OPEN A NEW BANK ACCOUNT IN MY NAME SO THAT MY SHARE OF
 
THE FUND WILL BE DEPOSITED IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE ALL THE TRANSFER  ARRANGEMENT AND CONCLUDE
 
THE TRANSACTION WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.PLEASE INDICATE THE  FOLLOWING METHOD BELOW THAT  YOU WILL PREFER TO RECEIVE THE FUND.
 
1:ATM PAYMENT CARD.
2:BANK TO BANK TRANSFER.
3:BANK DRAFT.
 
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL AND SMOOTH TRANSACTION BOTH OF US MUST BE HONEST AND SINCERE WITH EACH OTHER UNTIL WE FINALIZE THE TRANSACTION AND MEET FACE TO FACE IN
 
YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING OF THE FUND AS AGREED.
 
BEST REGARDS.
 
DR. KINGSLEY MOGHALU.
DEPUTY GOVERNOR  CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
EMAIL;drkingsleymoghalu2154@gmail.com

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