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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: "Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke" <alisonduekezani@diezani.com>
Reply-To: diezani.allison@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:24:04 +0200
Subject: Your assistance is needed




Dear Friend,

My name is Diezani Alison-Madueke. First of all a cancer patient, A former
minister of petroleum in Nigeria, West Africa. I hope my message meet you
in good and sound health. The aim of writing this message is to seek for
your help in achieving a dream. I would like to tell little about myself.

I was born in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. I studied Architecture
in England and then at Howard University in the United States. I graduated
from Howard with a bachelor's degree on 8th December 1992 and returned to
Nigeria to Shell Petroleum Development Corporation that year as the first
female Executive Director in Nigeria. In 2002, I obtained my MBA degree
from Cambridge University. In April 2006, I was appointed the first Shell
female Executive Director in Nigeria. Having headed three significant
positions with the Federal Government of Nigerian

I was appointed Transport Minister in July 2007, On 23 December 2008,I was
named the Minister of Mines and Steel Development and in 6 April 2010,I
was appointed the Minister for Petroleum Resources. I have been a victim
of various allegations on financial misconduct and arrest from the Nigeria
Government which has led to all my properties and fund both local and
international being seized by the government. I am presently under
investigation in UK by the UK government and undergoing treatments for
breast cancer in the United Kingdom.

My aim of contacting you is to seek for your assistance in making my dream
comes through because there is no way I will be able to achieve this while
I am still under investigation. I have a sum of Eight Hundred Million
Dollars $ 800, 000, 000, 00 with an international bank located in London
United Kingdom which I will not disclose here for security reason. No one
person or persons knows about these monies except the bank manager and my
account office.

I am contacting for your help/assistance in transferring the money out
from the bank and use 20% of the entire your fund for charity in Africa,
Syria, Iraq and the stateless Rohyinga in Myanmar. I intend to also split
the remaining 80% of the fund with you respectively in this ratio .For all
your troubles and anticipated assistance/help in this transaction; you
shall earn for yourself 30% of the entire fund while I take 50% of the
fund respectively. I intend to also invest my share of the fund in your
country. More information will be furnished concerning my intent to invest
the money after you must have assisted in moving the money out of the bank
successfully.

It will be of great honour if you can claim this fund with trust and an
open mind. All you need do is contact me via my private email account
indicating your readiness in assisting/helping .thereafter you shall be
furnished with detailed information’s on the success of this transaction.
Please be informed, this transaction is 100% risk free as you would be
handled accordingly with detailed instructions by my account officer.
However I have discussed my decision with the bank manager. Note that I
might not be able to communicate with via-phone calls frequently in real
time due to the fact I am currently being investigated by the United
Kingdom government. I will be able to receive your email and then reply
your email at all times considering my phone calls can be tapped.

Once again, be rest assured this transaction is 100% risk free. Find below
my private email contact
And indicate your readiness in partnership. I urge you to be very
Secretive about this until you are able to get the money from the bank.

You can Google more about me and you will know everything but don't
Believe the entire allegation.

Find below My private email:
Mrs.Diezani Allison Madueke
Email: diezani.allison@yahoo.com

Thank you in advance .

Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke



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