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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: "Abacha" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bisinigroup@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 18:49:16 -0700
Subject: Re: Business Partnership

I am MOHAMMED ABACHA, the senior son of the late head of state of Nigeria, General Sanni Abacha who died on the 8th of June 1998. I am writing you this letter with all hope and courage from Almighty God that you will be able to help me and meddling this hour of need. During my late father's regime, I was given a lot of contracts to execute by various ministries which I successfully completed and the contract value paid to me accordingly. We are therefore very surprised that at the death of my father, his political enemies and even those who benefited immensely from my father has all abandoned us and want me to be persecuted for the sins I did not commit. I made a lot of money during my father's regime for which I faced trial and was declared free by the court. Already, we have forfeited some money which was transferred through the Central Bank of Nigeria because of the records of the transactions at that time but during that same period about $700 million dollars cash was giv
en to me by my father to keep and

I am now writing you this letter and soliciting your partnership to collect this fund on my behalf. No risk is involved but due to my restricted movement and banned from travelling out of the country, I would want you to present yourself as the beneficiary of the funds. I will give to you all the necessary legal documentations with which the money was deposited. You will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as your share while 60% will be mine. This arrangement will be known to you and my family Lawyer in the United Kingdom. He will work directly with us in this transaction. I will stop here for now. If you are interested please send me an email with your full names, Address, Telephone number and any copy of your identification. You can read more of my family problem and seizure of our funds and assets by our government here in Nigeria. You will have to copy and paste this link for details:

http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/africa/4271245.stm

http://standardtimespress.org/?p=3731

https://www.naij.com/692809-switzerland-agrees-transfer-300m-abachas-loot-nigeria.html

With all sincerity, I urge you to please consider this offer as you have a lot to gain from this partnership which is 100% legal without breaking any law. Please know that, this transaction needs almost confidentiality. Hope to hear from you soonest.

May God bless our partnership

Yours Faithfully,
Mohammed Abacha.

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