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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: "Miss. Grace Ugo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <missgraceugo2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:02:24 +0200
Subject: THE SECRET BEHIND THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

Hello,

My name is Miss Grace Ugo.I am the secretary to the
minister of Finance in the Ministry of Finance. I am writing this mail
to you because of my faith as a christian.I don't like when somebody is
being cheated or deceived.It hurts me a lot.I do not know you in person
but i know your name and details of your payment which you have been
pursuing for many years.I do not need anything from you sir but in your
mind whatever you feel like giving me when you realize your payment,i
will appreciate it.My happiness in this regards is to see that no one
deceives you or cheats you again.

Sir,this information i am
revealing to you should be a top secret between me and you.No other
person should know this because if your representative finds out,he must
assassinate me.Please help me to save my life and my job.

I will
be brief,your trusted representative is not worthy of your trust.He is
the reason your payment has not been released to you.He is cony
person.He is just using a delay tactics to frustrate you until you get
tired.I eavesdropped your representative discussing with my boss the
minister on Thursday on how they will cancel your payment system/method
and submit a fresh account to the bank where your money will be
paid.They want to divert your money to their own private account
overseas.They are planning to force the bank director to accept the new
account and cancel your payment system/method.Your representative is a
very greedy person and he is the main actor that came up with this
idea.He said that you trusted him so much and you will believe
everything he will tell you.He want to contest for presidential election
in 2019,that is why he need this money to himself alone not bearing you
in mind.This morning, he has brought the new account attached with an
application written by you to change the mode of your payment to a new
account.I know that it is not you that wrote that application.

Sir,like
i said before,i don't want anything from you unless you decide to
compensate me for this information after realizing your payment but my
conscience will not be at rest if i don't reveal this secret meeting to
you.I have checked your payment file with our ministry and see all the
money and stress you have passed through to this extent.My mind was
bitter and that is why i deem it necessary to reveal this information to
you so that no one will cheat or deceive you again.Your representative
is very cony person,he will call you and still pretend that all is
well.He will not let you know what you are suppose to know.He uses the
money you send in form of tax and work to his own advantage.

What
i will advice you to do now is to email directly to the senate
committee chairman in charge of finance and foreign payment matters.Tell
him that you have not made any change in your payment mode.Tell him
that he should not accept any account submitted by anybody on your
behalf.He is the only person who has the power to stop this devilish act
of your representative.The Senator has the power to change the paying
bank and nominate a fresh bank where your representative will not have
any influence over again.Moreover,your current paying bank cannot
release your funds to anybody or even you without the consent of the
Senator(Sen. John Enoh).Do not waste any time in writing him.I assure
you that you will see the light within the next 14days.From the
information i saw in your file,you have almost completed all
requirements, but your representative will be turning you around to
frustrate you for his own selfish interest.Also tell the Senator that
you have no representative for now.Do not tell the Senator that i gave
you his contact.Just tell him that you got his contact from
google.Contact the Senator through his direct private email:3 His name is Sen. John Enoh


Your
representative is very wicked person.He is a selfish person.He only
considers his well being and forgetting others. Sir, i did not say you
should stop communicating him.Continue your communications with him as
usual,just pretend as if you don't know his plans or anything he is
doing and take him by surprise.

PLEASE SIR,PROTECT ME BY CONCEALING THIS INFORMATION ALL TO YOURSELF ALONE.

Kindly let me know that you receive this mail.

Remain blessed,

Miss. Grace Ugo

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